Episode 88: The Long and Short of It

Published: Jan. 4, 2017, 2:16 a.m.

The Middle English document called the Ormulum is a goldmine for historical linguists because the\xa0text\xa0explicitly indicated how the vowel sounds in the\xa0text were to be pronounced.\xa0 The text was written at a time when\xa0the vowels in many words were changing. \u2026 Continue reading \u2192