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I Survived the Great Vowel Shift

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Created: Jul 26, 2006 by rikker; Language: English

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Hesitant...The happiest days of my life were those studying linguistics; don't understand focus on p 10valleymom, Today 3:36pmignore
awesome 36MrAndrew, Wednesday 8:50pmignore
grammar question 4MMcM, October 7ignore
When newcomers to a language/region "choose" whether or not to assimilate 30guido47, October 3ignore
Sometimes y and w 35Editormum, October 1ignore
Hanged or Hung-- How would you answer this query? 15trojanpotato, September 29ignore
Help in translation 2MMcM, September 26ignore
Help understanding the difference btw Saxon, Norman, Celtic, Gallic, English 15MyopicBookworm, September 26ignore
Why do Canadians say "eh" at the end of their sentences? 31MyopicBookworm, September 26ignore
Convergent languages 18vpfluke, September 23ignore
Difference between a brogue and a burr? 14erilarlo, September 22ignore
I Survived the Great Vowel Shift Message Board 64vpfluke, September 21ignore
Is English Grammar Based on Latin Grammar and is that Bad? 10erilarlo, September 20ignore
Estuary English 17andyl, September 16ignore
Grammar Questions 11MMcM, September 13ignore
Farther and further 16Nichtglied, September 12ignore
On the idea/word unique 12tomcatMurr, September 11ignore
Regional American vowels...and weird shifts 7muumi, September 5ignore
The Way Rs are Written 30wikkywikky, September 4ignore
Post-grad linguistics courses - where are you studying? where would you like to study? 6WillSteed, August 17ignore
Historical Linguistics books 17misskate, July 28ignore
The Death of Ancient Egyptian 2MyopicBookworm, June 23ignore
Myanmar 7twomoredays, June 6ignore
book recs for a newb 15jjmcgaffey, May 11ignore
How to dig deeper? 4ShiraC, March 22ignore
Is it important to teach the phoenetic alphabet? 18vpfluke, March 15ignore
Name that language! 19wrijud, February 23ignore
The Language of Dreams 33wikkywikky, February 22ignore
Dormant: Suggestions for a lay reader 17icemuff, January 23ignore
Dormant: Use of "we" in Victorian era 6tangerinealert, January 16ignore
Dormant: I Survived the Great Vowel Shift... 5MyopicBookworm, November 2007ignore
Dormant: Linguistics humor 15circeus, October 2007ignore
Dormant: Etymologists, Scots, Good Guessers: HELP! 11MMcM, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Big cats and language intersect again 4circeus, September 2007ignore
Dormant: Ohrverm and the names of other phemomena 5circeus, August 2007ignore
Dormant: Maluku/Hawai'ian language link 3manguni, July 2007ignore
Dormant: so fun 18MMcM, July 2007ignore
Dormant: Diphthong Quest 4ArtDecade, April 2007ignore
Dormant: Poetic language 7vpfluke, April 2007ignore
Dormant: Question re: [A Course in Phonetics] by [[Peter Ladefoged]] 3Watty, March 2007ignore
Pet peeve phrases 184nbtOO, Sunday 5:54pm stop ignoring
"this" shifting to "dish" 9WillSteed, September 9 stop ignoring
What is the great vowel shift? 23vpfluke, May 19 stop ignoring
The K-word (discussion of ethnic slur) 17valleymom, May 14 stop ignoring

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