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The Great Vowel Shift: How English Changed Its Sounds

Original: The Great Vowel Shift

The Great Vowel Shift, the major change in English pronunciation between roughly 1400 and 1700, is drawing fresh attention. The shift transformed the long vowels of Middle English into their modern sounds, which is why spellings like 'name' or 'time' no longer match how they are written. Readers are discussing how this historical event explains many of English's irregular spelling and pronunciation quirks today.

Why now: The historical linguistic event is being discussed on Hacker News, likely sparked by interest in why English spelling and pronunciation diverge.

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• The Great Vowel Shift · bryanrasmussen · 16

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