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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd #190530 04/16/10 10:16 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Bran asks, "Do you think internet and the worldwide hyperactive migration of people causes a sort of explosive vowel shift? I know there is a far greater difference in grammar and sound between me and youngsters today then there was between me and my grandparents." I think this is an interesting question; how often do you suppose this sort of question was asked *while the Great Vowel Shift was actually happening! -joe (re-asking the unanswered) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/16/10 12:09 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling belMarduk 04/16/10 03:17 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling tsuwm 04/16/10 03:31 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/16/10 04:22 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling BranShea 04/16/10 08:05 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/16/10 08:27 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling twosleepy 04/16/10 10:11 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Faldage 04/17/10 01:49 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/17/10 12:59 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling twosleepy 04/18/10 01:02 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/18/10 03:07 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling twosleepy 04/18/10 04:34 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/18/10 01:23 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Faldage 04/19/10 10:52 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/19/10 01:55 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Faldage 04/20/10 11:12 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Buffalo Shrdlu 04/26/10 06:55 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/26/10 08:17 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/10 01:59 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling BranShea 04/27/10 07:00 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling goofy 04/28/10 12:45 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling twosleepy 04/28/10 03:52 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling BranShea 04/29/10 07:12 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/30/10 02:19 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling BranShea 04/30/10 03:18 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/30/10 04:29 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling kah454 05/05/10 04:29 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Jackie 05/06/10 02:17 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling tsuwm 04/16/10 10:16 PM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling Jackie 04/19/10 02:07 AM Re: the great vowel shift, the dawn of the printing, & the etymologizing of spelling zmjezhd 04/16/10 04:15 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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