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Episode 114a: The XYZ’s of Spelling

Episode 114a: The XYZ’s of Spelling

Update: 2023-04-04

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It’s Part 2 of our mega-episode on spelling! This time, we get into some of the notorious mismatches between English spelling and modern English pronunciation. Explaining them takes us all the way back to Phoenician — several times — but maybe, just maybe, some bits of this odd language will make more sense to you when we’re done!

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Christopher Upward & George Davidson, The History of English Spelling (2001)

David Sacks, Letter Perfect (2003)

Kevin Stroud, The History of the Alphabet (audiobook)

NativLang “Thoth’s Pill - an Animated History of Writing”

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Episode 114a: The XYZ’s of Spelling

Episode 114a: The XYZ’s of Spelling

Mark Sundaram & Aven McMaster