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Old 03-03-2010, 08:08 PM   #8191
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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm View Post
On languages, one of the reasons the English language is so weird in terms of spelling vs pronunciation is, apparently, due to The Great Vowel Shift: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A980624 and the wikipedia version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift
FYI, the wiki link is busted
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