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Sharlintoday at 5:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

In 1500 a lot of pronunciation would've been different too, it was in the middle of the Great Vowel Shift [1]. And of course while the UK is still (in)famous for its many accents and dialects, some nigh mutually unintelligible, the situation would've been even worse back then.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift


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dhosektoday at 5:43 PM

Or as I’ve heard it described humorously, the Big Vowel Movement.

BadBadJellyBeantoday at 7:36 PM

I'd assume I'd be able to adapt. Might take a little while bit seems comprehensible.