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117. Beneath the Surface of Words: What English Spelling Reveals and Why It Matters with Sue Scibetta Hegland
From Literacy in Color · Hosted by Michelle Sullivan
2026-10-13·01:18:18
Episode summary
In this episode of Literacy in Color: What if the English spelling system isn't nearly as irregular as we've been led to believe? What if the letters we sometimes call “silent” are actually telling us something important about a word's structure, identity, or history?
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What if the English spelling system isn't nearly as irregular as we've been led to believe? What if the letters we sometimes call “silent” are actually telling us something important about a word's structure, identity, or history? Sue Scibetta Hegland, author of Beneath the Surface of Words: What English Spelling Reveals and Why It Matters joins…