Over the years the English language has been changing. Slight things like pronunciations or syllable but the most obvious one is silent letters. A man named William Caxton noticed that the English language had changed and that it would continue to change. People have been able to figure out how people who spoke "Middle English" sounded and how it sounded compared to "Modern English"
The change from middle to modern English is called "The Great Vowel Shift. Some words elongated, or two part vowel sounds called diphthongs became shorter. For example, Said was pronounced "say-id" but it is now pronounced "sed". And rude was pronounced "rew-ed"
Other words/pronunciations that changed were Beet became Bite. Hoose became House. Leek became Like. Ohk became Oak And Uhks became Ox. The English language is still changing today, a lot of words have been added and a lot of words are pronounced differently than even 50 years ago.
The change from middle to modern English is called "The Great Vowel Shift. Some words elongated, or two part vowel sounds called diphthongs became shorter. For example, Said was pronounced "say-id" but it is now pronounced "sed". And rude was pronounced "rew-ed"
Other words/pronunciations that changed were Beet became Bite. Hoose became House. Leek became Like. Ohk became Oak And Uhks became Ox. The English language is still changing today, a lot of words have been added and a lot of words are pronounced differently than even 50 years ago.
That's interesting stuff!
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