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Jun 19, 2020 26 min

The Great Vowel Shift

from The Potential of Words Hosted by Jessica Brett-Caccia

Middle English is almost another language, so how did it become the language we speak today? What do Americans and Shakespeare have in common? All these things, and the harmful myth of the 'native English accent'. -=- Theme Tune composed by Craig Harris https://www.craigharrismusic.ca/ -=-

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