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Episode 153: Zombie Letters
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:11:08
Publish Date: 2021-10-30 15:19:03
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In early Modern English, writers and printers began to revise the spelling of many English words to reflect their etymological origins. Old letters were revived from the dead to reflect sounds that had disappeared over time in those words. This fad reached its height in the mid-1500s, and it wreaked havoc on Modern English spelling and pronunciation. In this episode, we explore that phenomenon and see how it impacted Modern English.

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