Listening to Kiwis on TV, I’m POSITIVE New Zealand has gone through a 2nd Great Vowel Shift.
#HistoryoftheEnglishLanguage #languagegeek
@lagerhoof My Master’s is in English, with a heavy emphasis on Language History - The Great Vowel Shift in England was … of epic proportions
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@lagerhoof Their short e’s sound like short i’s … very consistently. I’ve heard it increasing the last 4 years or so
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