USAGE: Kristian on Adrian's vowel disorder (was: RE: [i:]=[ij]?(was Re: Pronouncing "Boreanesia")

And Rosta wrote:

> > What about "boy" [boj] and "boil" [bojl]?
>
> ... which, fortunately, has the distinction of being about the least
> mutable of English vowels both cross-dialectally and diachronically
> (especially in open syllables).
Diachronically immutable!?  A mere two centuries ago, English poets were
rhyming "join" with "line" (Pope's _Essay on Criticism_) and
"cry" with "joy" ("To Anacreon In Heaven").

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