readings on English spelling

[Lynne Murphy]

Hello again,

I'm looking for short essays that are appropriate for a freshman writing
course aimed at Education majors (and whose writing topic is exclusively
language issues that are relevant to Education).

Do any of you know of any such essays on the following topics?

- how English spelling came to be so irregular
- English spelling reform movement(s)

Best,
Lynne

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M. Lynne Murphy, Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English, Baylor University
PO Box 97404, Waco, TX 76798 USA
Phone:  254-710-6983     Fax:  254-710-3894
http://www.baylor.edu/~M_Lynne_Murphy