Righting the Mother Tongue

"A funny and fact-filled look at our astoundingly inconsistent written language, from Shakespeare to spell-check." —St. Petersburg TimesRighting the Mother Tongue tells the cockamamie story of English spelling. When did ghost acquire its silent ''h''? Will cyberspace kill the one in rhubarb? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check?Seeking to untangle the twisted story of Engli...