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Episode 184: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 1)
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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 notice that spellings no longer reflected the way words were pronounced, and they recommended phonetic reforms. In this episode, we examine how English spelling reformers described the pronunciation of English in the early 1600s, and we also explore how Modern English spellings reflect the phonetic history of words.
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Manage episode 494608112 series 88963
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 notice that spellings no longer reflected the way words were pronounced, and they recommended phonetic reforms. In this episode, we examine how English spelling reformers described the pronunciation of English in the early 1600s, and we also explore how Modern English spellings reflect the phonetic history of words.
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