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minus-squareSkualinkfedilink8•5 months agoHalf the reason our pronunciation is so weird is that a bunch of French guys took over England
minus-square@then_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•5 months agoIt would be so much easier if we had accents over our vowels, like in a lot of languages to indicate which of that vowels sounds was wanted.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDaklinkfedilink2•5 months agohttps://oldenglish.info/advpronunciationguide.html English used to be phonetic, it’s just people started changing the way they pronounced vowels, but the spelling stayed the same. For example, both the k and the gh in “knight” used to be pronounced.
Half the reason our pronunciation is so weird is that a bunch of French guys took over England
It would be so much easier if we had accents over our vowels, like in a lot of languages to indicate which of that vowels sounds was wanted.
https://oldenglish.info/advpronunciationguide.html
English used to be phonetic, it’s just people started changing the way they pronounced vowels, but the spelling stayed the same. For example, both the k and the gh in “knight” used to be pronounced.