Origins of the SpeciousBy: Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces niche as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with and? Do you think British spellings are more civilised than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, youre myth informed. In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. OConner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammars best known rules