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

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 12:42
Eugene Oh skrev:

> Does anyone know how <ae> came to be pronounced as [i(:)] anyway?
>
> Eugene

Because in medieval Latin _ae_ was [E], which for some reason
was pronounced long [E:] im Middle English.  Then along came
The Great Vowel Shift...