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Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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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