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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Middle English is understandable. It’s tricky and there are lots of unexpected differences but you’d get used to it. This is right at the edge of Early Modern English and the Great Vowel Shift.

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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I dunno, I’ve listened to some Middle English on a History of English podcast, and could follow along only slightly. I’m sure I could come up to speed quickly, since it at least has the French influence already (if I remember right).

    I’m not familiar with the great vowel shift, is that a result of the Norman invasion in 1066, adding French into Old English? (That’s the sequence, right? It’s been a while since I read about it).

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    • Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They don’t actually know why it happened. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

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