This ruined English spelling

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• RO

  @RobWords · 2 years ago · pinned

  *elusive

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• SP

  @spoken100 · 2 years ago

  We should call it "The irritable vowel shift" then.

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• PI

  @pixelsquish · 2 years ago

  “Look” and “spook” and “book” do all rhyme for me.  (cries in Scottish)

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• CH

  @Chris_W · 1 year ago (edited)

  The knights who say nee are actually a clever commentary on the fear of shifting language rules

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• VB

  @vbandke · 2 years ago (edited)

  English is a difficult language.  It can be understood through tough thorough thought though….

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• WA

  @waverod9275 · 2 years ago

  Basically, English standardized its spelling at exactly the wrong moment.

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• FA

  @FacilitatingDissemination · 2 years ago (edited)

  I study linguistics at a university in Belarus. Today I had an exam in the history of English language and got a question related to your video. Thanks to you, I was able to write it well :)

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• MY

  @mygetawayart · 2 years ago (edited)

  This is BY FAR the easiest and most comprehensible explanation of the Great Vowel Shift i've ever seen. Every linguist will overcomplicate it by assuming you can fluently read the IPA and know exactly what are the various classifications of consonants and what's the exact difference between similar vowel sounds, so it always ends up sounding like an advanced algebra lesson instead of a quick 15 minute explaination.

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• AD

  @AdDewaard-hu3xk · 2 years ago

  "Until we mate again" signoff. Ouch.

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• GB

  @GBart · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL6FClRC_s&amp;t=58">0:58</a> - somewhere in heaven, Otto Jespersen just shouted &quot;dammit!&quot;

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• MU

  @musicforawhale · 2 years ago

  As a French native speaker, I’ve always been amused by other French speakers saying English is so easy, unknowingly admitting they have no idea how complex English pronunciation can be

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• LI

  @liuþawaír · 2 years ago

  As a German, at minute <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL6FClRC_s&amp;t=809">13:29</a> where you pulled out the words &quot;Knight&quot; and &quot;Gnome&quot;, I tried to apply the &quot;original&quot; &quot;gh&quot; sound on knight, but also pronouncing the k, it instantly sounded like the German &quot;Knecht&quot;.

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