Gabe Henry

Author of ENOUGH IS ENUF: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell (April 2025 @DeyStreet) and EATING SALAD DRUNK (a @Vulture Best Comedy Book).

[SeánMoncrieff @SeanMoncrieff]

On the show today; Riona O'Connor on bikini reviews; Tom Kopke on chasing cheese; @KirstyBlakeKnox on panic packing; @_GabeHenry on weird spelling; @BeerMessiah with beer; Fionnuala Jones with Showbiz News; @deirdremolumby reviews 'The Salt Path' & 'Bono: Stories of Surrender'

[Writer's Digest @WritersDigest]

In this interview, author Gabe Henry discusses the 15-year process of his new history book, Enough is Enuf. #WDAuthorSpotlight
https://t.co/TlAKdkuJU1

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

I rivyood a kupl uv fun buks abowt thee Inglish langwij https://t.co/9TfVaySeAf

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

If you pick up a @nytimes today, have a look at the books section. I’ve got a fun piece in it about spelling reforms.

[Arroe Collins @Arroecollins]

📣 New Podcast! "Be You Spell Your Words The Way You Hear Them Gabe Henry's Enough Is Enuf" on @Spreaker https://t.co/LjM44xtYiQ

[Because Language @becauselangpod]

How would you fix English spelling? Put your suggestions in comments, and let's hope we don't break everything.
Our upcoming episode is with @_GabeHenry, author of "Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell" from @deystreet

[Kevin Dickinson @KevinRDickinson]

What do Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, Theodore Roosevelt, and Andrew Carnegie have in common?

They all tried, and failed, to simplify English spelling.

I dive into this weird history with @_GabeHenry, author of "Enough is Enuf," in my latest article.

[Gabe Henry @_GabeHenry]

Honored to be mentioned in the same breath as @JohnHMcWhorter. Particularly if that breath comes from the incredible @sapinker.

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Two interesting new books on language: One on spelling, one on pronouns (the lattter by @JohnHMcWhorter) https://t.co/1yI4CBQk35

[Rebekah Buchanan @rj_buchanan]

Thanks to @_GabeHenry for talking with me about Enough is Enuf for New Books in Pop Culture. I loved the book and interview and still can't spell. @NewBooksNetwork
https://t.co/rO78emaHYy

[Dey Street Books @deystreet]

Read an excerpt from ENOUGH IS ENUF by @_GabeHenry in @TIME:

https://t.co/5SmTIM0fum

[Dey Street Books @deystreet]

ENOUGH IS ENUF by @_GabeHenry is a “smart, lighthearted chronicle of the simplified spelling. It’s fitting that our guide through this history is a humorist.” –Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)

Read more: https://t.co/K7iM8YF08s

[Dey Street Books @deystreet]

ENOUGH IS ENUF by @_GabeHenry is “…a rich and engaging history of the attempts, from the 16th century to the present day, to bring written English into line with the way we speak.” –New York Times (@nytimes)

Read more: https://t.co/8ExfkRb0I9

[Literary Hub @lithub]

.@_GabeHenry considers the creative intentions and class-based undertones behind phonetic writing in early American comedy.
https://t.co/z0Vd2yC7Df

[Folio Literary @FolioLiterary]

Happy pub day to ENOUGH IS ENUF by Gabe Henry! A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter. https://t.co/gTVh2twWBz

[Gabe Henry @_GabeHenry]

@rj_buchanan @NewBooksNetwork It wuz my plezhur, Rebekah!

[TIME @TIME]

.@_GabeHenry asks why we haven’t standardized English spelling, phoneticized it, and brought it into line: https://t.co/LFXebt1ecb

[Dey Street Books @deystreet]

How did English spelling get so tricky? @_GabeHenry's ENOUGH IS ENUF unravels 500 years of reform attempts with humor and insight.

Out 4/15: https://t.co/1t1reZWWg8

[Dey Street Books @deystreet]

Did you know shorthand spelling helped foster female empowerment?

Read more from @_GabeHenry, author of ENOUGH IS ENUF, in @HISTORY: https://t.co/D2scs8Nc1z

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

“Anyone who has the misfortune to write in English” has struggled with its spelling, quips Gabe Henry in this amusing overview of historical attempts to bring order to the madness. It’s a delight. @deystreet https://t.co/A9urqLvyPd

[Jonathan M. Metzl @JonathanMetzl]

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