Cook, V. J.

V. J. Cook is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of numerous books, including "Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell?" (2004) and "The English Writing System" (2004).

Mark Newson is Reader in the Department of English Linguistics at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary.