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SCOUT· 22%53m·2017-01-04·History
SCOUT· 22%53m·2017-01-04·HistoryEpisode 88: The Long and Short of It
The History of English Podcast
The Middle English document called the Ormulum is a goldmine for historical linguists because the text explicitly indicated how the vowel sounds in the text were to be pronounced. The text was written at a time when the vowels in many words were changing. Some long vowels were being pronounced as short vowels, and…
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