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Why Skate but Scathe?
Or, The Oddest English Spellings. Part 14

Anatoly looks at spelling reform, specifically at “sk” and “sc”.

I Say Draft, You Say Draught, Or, The Oddest English Spellings (Part 13)

Anatoly analyzes some interesting differences in spelling and pronunciation between American and British English.

The Oddest English Spellings, Part 12
Or, One, Two, Buckle Your Shoe

Anatoly Liberman looks at the oddest English spellings.

The Oddest English Spellings, or,
Thinking of O. With My Compliments to the Conference of the Spelling Society in Coventry, UK.

Anatoly explores the history of spelling with the letter w.

The Oddest English Spellings, or, The Future of Spelling Reform

Is the spellchecker compromising language history? Anatoly weighs in on spelling reform.

A Troubled Marriage Between A Skeptic and an Ascetic, or, The Oddest English Spellings

How did we ever come up with the spelling for scythe? Anatoly looks at the history of conjoined letters “sc”.

Drinking Up Eisel, Or,
the Oddest English Spellings (Part 9)

Anatoly looks at weird spellings.

“Your Sarvant, Sir,” Or
The Oddest English Spellings (Part 8)

Anatoly looks at some of the oddest English spellings.

On Fourth and So Forth, Or The Oddest English Spellings (Part 7)

Anatoly looks at the oddest English spellings.

Monthly Gleanings: January 2007

Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.

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