Historical roots to English language spelling challenges 4 Articles

by Ray Cook

Anyone who has had to learn how to read and spell English either at school or as a foreign language will know that English is one of the most inconsistent languages orthographically. If you compare English to Italian, for ...read more

by Serena Pizzicato

Ever since I discovered the Scripps National Spelling Bee on television a decade ago, I have become obsessed with the event and its participants. I am fascinated by the sheer amount of time and energy devoted to preparing ...read more

by Jerry Curtis

I try to spell the only way the English language will let you: by rule if you can, where there is a rule (e.g. "i before e, except after c"; "when a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i and add "es"; ...read more

by Olunloyo Tosin

One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often similarity between the pronunciation of word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word by its pro...read more