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SCOUT· 35%1h 20m·2025-07-15·HistoryEpisode 184: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 1)
The History of English Podcast
Over the course of the 1500s, English spelling started to become standardized, but the pronunciation of the language continued to change. By the early 1600s, English scholars noticed that spellings no longer reflected the way words were pronounced, and they recommended phonetic reforms. In this episode, we examine how…
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