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|title=Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling

|author=David Crystal

|publisher=Profile Books

|date=September 2012

|summary=Extremely entertaining and really readable, this book is a must for any bookshelf, whether your a language novice or a linguistics scholar

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Are you a speller? I must confess I'm not much of one myself, so the main thing I was after from this book was an insight into the peculiarities of English spelling, and some hints and tips for remembering the rules. Oh, and a fun, entertaining read at the same time (this is Crystal, after all).