Great Vowel Shift An idiosyncracy of English spelling: rat rate bit bite wed weed cot coot
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Great Vowel Shift An idiosyncracy of English spelling: rat rate bit bite wed weed cot coot
OE before 1150 ME Early Mod. E Modern English
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Great Vowel Shift
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tide sweet clean name house moon stone
tíd swét clæn nama hús móna stán ´
tide sweet clean name house moon stone
tide sweet clean name house moon stone
pull or push-chains?
tide house
tide house
tide house
tide house
tide house
tide house
clean, break sweet name
break sweet name clean
break name stone
face goat
face goat
face goat
face goat
GVS Long vowels only!