Category Archives: Orthography

Put a Z on it

Originally published Aug 13, 2015 The letter Z has a magical quality. OK, that might be going a little overboard. Let’s just say Z is a bit of a novelty in the Latin alphabet, a relative latecomer that was originally … Continue reading

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Achieve life goals and odd spellings beyond your wildest dreams!

Originally published Jan 30, 2012 The Name Inspector was amused–and appalled–to read in the New York Times about a website called Noomii. It’s a directory to help you find a life coach or business coach, and yes, it’s supposed to evoke the … Continue reading

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How to misspell a word

Originally published Mar 7, 2011 Don’t be misled by the title of this post: The Name Inspector has not started outsourcing his content to Demand Media. He simply felt that he had to find a way to acknowledge National Grammar Day, founded to promote … Continue reading

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The poor, overworked letter x

Originally published Oct 19, 2010 People have been asking a lot of the letter x lately. While most letters only have to express one sound at a time, x already bears responsibility for expressing two sounds, k and s, squished … Continue reading

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