Re: Eald Englisc to Niwum Englisce

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:

> > Why do we say /gIv/ instead of /yIv/?  It comes from giefan, which was
> > pronounced like /yievan/.
> >
> > Why did we choose to change cg -> dg, sc -> sh, thorn -> th, and ae -> a?
>
> "We" didn't.  The Normans are the ones who introduced these orthographic
> conventions, I believe.
Good.  My major premise is that the Norman invasion never happened.