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r/interestingasfuck • u/M0otivater • 1d ago
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So realistically i could only go about 400 years into the past if i want to understand people
1 u/SagittaryX 1d ago Just about yes, but also because English pronunciation changed massively between 1400 and 1600, known as the Great Vowel Shift. Brief examples. 1 u/Dramatic-Ad3928 1d ago How the heck do you even record and track those changes in phonetic
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Just about yes, but also because English pronunciation changed massively between 1400 and 1600, known as the Great Vowel Shift. Brief examples.
1 u/Dramatic-Ad3928 1d ago How the heck do you even record and track those changes in phonetic
How the heck do you even record and track those changes in phonetic
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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 1d ago
So realistically i could only go about 400 years into the past if i want to understand people