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Synopsis
A twenty-six-chapter journey through the history and working of the English alphabet by linguistic guru Danny Bate.
You'll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate's fascinating linguistic history' Sunday Times
'A wonderful achievement! A breath-taking adventure through the alphabet - each letter a hero with a remarkable story to tell. An absolutely delightful read, filled with jewels of lightly worn scholarship and dazzling insight. I just couldn't recommend it more highly.' Stephen Fry
Why does 'W' sounds like 'double U'?
What has the letter 'Q' got to do with monkeys?
Why are the 'C's in circus pronounced differently?
What's the point of the second 'N' in the author's first name, 'Danny'?
And why does 'Q' need to be followed by 'U'?
Every letter you're reading right now has a fascinating story to tell, having been on a long linguistic, historical, political and social journey.
In Why Q Needs U, linguistic expert Danny Bate takes readers on a fascinating odyssey through the English alphabet, diving into history, archaeology, politics and linguistics to discover where we get our writing from. Sharing fun facts and revealing the alphabet's hidden mechanisms, he explains where we get our letters from and why the English language uses them so strangely, including:
- why a silent final 'E' turns 'hop' into 'hope'
- how five English letters come from a single graphic grandparent
- why there is an 'L' in 'salmon' and a 'K' in 'know'
- how we may know the specific person who invented the letter 'G'
- why 'Z' is the sixth letter for the Greeks, yet the last letter for us
Explaining - and defending - the peculiar way English today uses our ancient letters, Bate's witty and entertaining book will help readers spot connections in languages across the world and inspire a newfound sense of wonder for the letters we use every day.
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About the Author
Danny Bate is a linguist, writer, broadcaster and podcaster who is fascinated by the study of historical languages and etymology. He took his BA and MPhil degrees from the University of York and the University of Cambridge respectively, and his PhD in linguistics from the University of Edinburgh. He can be found online at dannybate.com, on social media @DannyBate4 and @dannybate.bsky.social and at his podcast A Language I Love is....
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