Spelling and the Great Vowel Shift

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts124/v4/d3/a6/00/d3a600c7-d16b-32da-d0ff-9107b3e61930/mza_3200130145994322239.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Why is English?

Laura Brandt

7 episodes

1 week ago

A podcast about how the English language got to be the way it is

Education

RSS

All content for Why is English? is the property of Laura Brandt and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

A podcast about how the English language got to be the way it is

Education

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7447341/7447341-1595296159458-d6a8e8162d143.jpg

Spelling and the Great Vowel Shift

Why is English?

27 minutes 5 seconds

5 years ago

Spelling and the Great Vowel Shift

In episode 4, we get into some of the reasons behind English’s weird spelling, including a major shift in pronunciation and the path to spelling standardization.