
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
In early Modern English, writers and printers began to revise the spelling of many English words to reflect their etymological origins. Old letters were revived from the dead to reflect sounds that had disappeared over time in those words. This fad reached its height in the mid-1500s, and it wreaked havoc on Modern English spelling and pronunciation. In this episode, we explore that phenomenon and see how it impacted Modern English.
TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 153
4.8
61716,171 ratings
In early Modern English, writers and printers began to revise the spelling of many English words to reflect their etymological origins. Old letters were revived from the dead to reflect sounds that had disappeared over time in those words. This fad reached its height in the mid-1500s, and it wreaked havoc on Modern English spelling and pronunciation. In this episode, we explore that phenomenon and see how it impacted Modern English.
TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 153
5,380 Listeners
3,199 Listeners
4,340 Listeners
5,330 Listeners
1,889 Listeners
4,206 Listeners
1,828 Listeners
1,517 Listeners
6,264 Listeners
542 Listeners
2,747 Listeners
1,665 Listeners
1,896 Listeners
526 Listeners
192 Listeners