Highly irregular why tough, through, and dough don't rhyme - and other oddities of the English language /
'Highly Irregular' is an illustrated history of English as told through all the things that are weird about it. Why are there so many silent letters? Why do we have irregular verbs? What is the deal with the word 'colonel'? The weirdness of English can be blamed on specific influ...
| Main Author: | Okrent, Arika, |
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| Other Authors: | O'Neill, Sean, 1968-, Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
| Series: |
Oxford scholarship online.
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| Subjects: |
CMU Electronic Access
Electronic Resource Click Here| Location | Call Number: | Status |
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| CMU Electronic Access | Available |