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Balmuth, Miriam. The Roots of Phonics: A Historical Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill Book, 1982.

Bauer, Laurie. Watching English Change. New York: Longman, 1994.

Boyer, Peter J. “One Angry Man: Is Keith Olbermann Changing TV News?” The New Yorker, June 23, 2008.

Bryson, Bill. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way. New York: Harper Perennial, 1991.

Burnley, J. D. “Sources of Standardization in Later Middle English.” Standardizing English: Essays in the History of Language Change, edited by Joseph B. Trahern Jr. Tennessee Studies in Literature, vol. 31. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1989.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Cletus, Seabiscute, Al Cyone, et al. Comments from “No Typo Is an Island,” Typo Hunt Across America, March 20, 2008, http://www.jeffdeck.com/teal/blog

Conan Doyle, Arthur. A Study in Scarlet. London: Penguin Classics, 2001.

Copeland, Larry. “Casino Proposal Bets on Underground Atlanta,” USA Today, February 2, 2009. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-02-02-underground-atlanta_N.htm

Crystal, David. The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2007.

———. Txtng: The Gr8 Db8. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Dello Stritto, Mike. “Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walks Again.” CBS 13, March 12, 2009. http://cbs13.com/watercooler/Paraplegic.Man.Suffers.2.958151.html

Dixon, Robert, and Siegfried Engelmann. SRA Spelling Mastery Series Guide. Columbus, OH: SRA, 2007.

“Domestic Names—Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).” U.S. Board on Geographic Names. http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/faqs.htm

Drabble, Margaret and Jenny Stringer. “Francis of Assisi, St. Giovanni Francesco Bernardone.” The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2003.

“Fell’s (Not Fells) Point.” Baltimore Magazine, April 15, 2009. http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/eyesonthestreet/index.php/2009/

04/fells-not-fells-point/

Finegan, Edward. Attitudes Toward English Usage: The History of a War of Words. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 1980.

Flesch, Rudolf. Why Johnny Can’t Read: And What You Can Do About It. New York: Perennial Library, 1955, 1986.

———. Why Johnny Still Can’t Read. New York: Harper Colophon, 1983.

“Friday’s Quote of the Day,” BBC Magazine Monitor, June 27, 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2008/06/22-week/

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Back Bay Books, 2002.

“Governor Isaac Stevens’ Territorial Library Collection.” Washington Secretary of State. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/territorialcollection.aspx

Grossen, Bonnie, ed. “The Story Behind Project Follow Through.” Effective School Practices 15, no. 1 (winter 1995–96). Association for Direct Instruction.

“History of Underground Atlanta.” Underground Atlanta website, http://www.underground-atlanta.com/about-us/history-of-underground.html

Kleiner, Art. Who Really Matters? The Core Group Theory of Power, Privilege, and Success. New York: Currency/Doubleday, 2003.

Larson, Erik. Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Vintage Books, 1999.

Lerer, Seth. Inventing English. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.

Lissner, Caren. “So, Does Veterans Day Have a Fucking Apostrophe or What?” The Black Table, October 18, 2005. http://www.blacktable.com/lissner051018.htm

Liu, Irene Jay. “‘Barack Osama’ absentee ballot sent to voters in Rensselaer County.” Albany Times Union, October 10, 2008. http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/8953/

Mikkelson, Barbara and David P. “Niger Innis.” Snopes, February 19, 2008. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/innis.asp

Miles, Elaine. English Words and Their Spelling: A History of Phonological Conflicts. London: Whurr Publishers, 2005.

Milgram, Stanley.