Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language

by Arika Okrent

Book Overview

Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily business done, or you're an expert with a red pen who never omits a comma or misplaces a modifier, you must have noticed that there are some things about this language that are just weird.

Perhaps you're reading a book and stop to puzzle over absurd spelling rules (Why are there so many ways to say '-gh'?),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197539408
• ISBN13: 9780197539408
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"