Episode 88: The Long and Short of It

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

b'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'