The Book of Spells and Misspellsis now out of print, but can be downloaded here as a pdf Chapter 1. Spelling and Culture Spelling as culture - Olde Worlde spelling - Modern spelling - They spell with their thumbs Words without spelling – Letters as words - Words without spelling – reading logos - Funny Biznis – Spel’n ‘n a Biskit - Sclambred Slepnilg – the cosmic mess - Spelling and technology - When spell checkers succeed - When spell checkers fail Chapter 2. What you don't know about spelling The wild shores of spelling - The def and dum alfabet - The wild shores of consonants - The wild shores of vowels - Double-dealing curiosities - Back-to-front spelling - Infernal spelling – the spelling demons - I before E after tea - Double trouble consonants - Homographophobia - 100 words are half the words you read – How dictionaries spell - The Chomsky legend - Is English spelling irregular? Chapter 3. Spelling Ideas - Sealed Sexion Unprintable spelling - Laptop dancing - Spelling stripping - Spam spelling - Gorgeous spellings - Vulgar spelling - Spelling on Mars and Venus - The spelling adventures of Don Quixote - English spelling and the world - In Xanadu did Khublai Khan Chapter 4. Pun and games Only punning - Synchronized Spelling as an Olympic sport - A Spelling ABZ - Ghoti on the menu - Spelling as a joke - Trivia Box Chapter 5: The Psychology of Pspelling How children want to spell - How people spelled when they could spell as they liked - How people want to spell - They can’t spell to save themselves - Acid opinions and spelling rage - Personalise your spelling - The spelling ethic - Spelling and society Chapter 6: It’s Thyme U Gnu Spelling for fun - Spelling for communication Short Bibliography
A treasury of spelling for everyone, that does for spelling
what Lynne Truss does for punctuation, IMPORTANT: Read the table of contents first! REVIEWS:
Further pages on spelling:
i. Needs and abilities of readers /sreadsp.htm
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