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David Crystal Quotes

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

"David Crystal: the story of English spelling" by David Crystal, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2012.

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

"The History Of 7 Bizarre English Words" by David Crystal, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2012.

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

"Watch what you're saying!: Linguist David Crystal on Twitter, texting and our native tongue" by Joy Lo Dico, www.independent.co.uk. March 14, 2010.

Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

"Gr8 db8r takes on linguistic luddites" by John Crace, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2008.