Re: Middle English question

Patrick Dunn wrote:
> OE is more my field, but the general rules are:
>
> final e's pronounced as /@/
> a vowel before a final e is long, unless followed by double consonants (so
> "hadde" is a short a, but the e in speke is long
> doubled vowels are long
> y pronounced like /i/.
> Most vowels have their eupropean equivelents.
So, something like:
[he: aks@d after eg@s and Te: go:d@ wif answerd@ Tat Se: cu:d@ spe:k@
no: frenS@ and Ten at last a no:Ter sEd Tat he: wu:ld@ ha:v@ had@ ej:r@n
Ten Te: go:d@ wif sEd Tat Se: understo:d him wel]?

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"[H]e axed after eggys: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude not
speke no Frenshe ... And then at last a nother sayd that he woulde haue
hadde eyren: then the goode wyf sayd that she vnderstood hym wel." --
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