| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 26, 2008, 18:36 |
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote:> Does anyone know how <ae> came to be pronounced as [i(:)] anyway?Good ol' Great Vowel Shift. By Late/Vulgar Latin, the diphthong <ae> was pronounced the same as long <e>, and long <e> in English becaome [i:] as part of the GVS. -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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