Highly Irregular by Arika Okrent
Why Tough, Through, and Thought Don't Rhyme — and Other Oddities of the English Language
A lively, accessible exploration of the oddities and exceptions that make English so unpredictable, tracing how historical sound changes, spelling conventions, borrowings, and grammatical shifts produced irregular pronunciations, spellings, and forms; the book uses witty examples and clear explanations to reveal the patterns beneath apparent chaos and to show why many so-called “rules” are really the residue of linguistic history rather than logic.
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