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02424aam a22003978i 4500 001 962A28C6F67B11EB990CE7EE5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210806010010 008 210318s2021 nyua e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021004585 020 $a 0197539408 020 $a 9780197539408 035 $a (OCoLC)1198016617 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TOH $d JAS $d UKMGB $d HQD $d MNN $d OCLCO $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Okrent, Arika, $e author. 245 10 $a Highly irregular : $b why tough, through, and dough don't rhyme-and other oddities of the English language / $c Arika Okrent ; illustrated by Sean O'Neill. 263 $a 2107 264 1 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a viii, 264 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-254) and index. 505 0 $a What the hell, English? -- Blame the barbarians -- Blame the French -- Blame the printing press -- Blame the snobs -- Blame ourselves -- That's enough now, English. 520 $a "Perhaps you're reading a book and stop to puzzle over absurd spelling rules, or you hear someone talking and get stuck on an expression, or your kid quizzes you on homework. Suddenly you ask yourself, "Wait, why do we do it this way?" You think about it, try to explain it, and keep running into walls. It doesn't conform to logic. It doesn't work the way you'd expect it to. There doesn't seem to be any rule at all. In Highly Irregular, Arika Okrent answers these questions and many more. Along the way she tells the story of the many influences--from invading French armies to stubborn Flemish printers--that made our language the way it is today"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English language $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a English language $x Pronunciation. 700 1 $a O'Neill, Sean, $d 1968- $e illustrator. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Okrent, Arika, $t Highly irregular $d New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. $z 9780197539422 $w (DLC) 2021004586 941 $a 7 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111010439.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20221012010533.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909065054.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220802011303.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220721010149.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20211215032702.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210806010805.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=962A28C6F67B11EB990CE7EE5BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search