I Survived the Great Vowel Shift

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Topics		messages	Last message
Getting closer to the Eurasian super-family		3	elenchus, May 7
Generic pronouns. A proposal.		11	luna_lovegood, April 3
Translation of an inscription		4	timspalding, March 2
Pet peeve phrases IV		59	PhaedraB, February 5
Latin to Romance... when?		24	anglemark, January 14
Lies! Murder! Lexicography!		11	MyopicBookworm, December 2012
English is a Scandinavian language		18	ed.pendragon, December 2012
Grammar terminologies		4	lilbrattyteen, October 2012
Is it important to teach the phoenetic alphabet?		20	MyopicBookworm, October 2012
Words/phrases we love, because, well, they feel so good rolling off the tongue		105	Tid, October 2012
The 24-letter alphabet?		4	Booksloth, August 2012
One Legged Man		22	TimofeyPavlovichPnin, August 2012
Pet peeve phrases III		209	jbbarret, August 2012
Abolish the apostrophe		60	ed.pendragon, August 2012
AT, ON and IN		3	signature103, July 2012
Terst.		22	krolik, June 2012
The Lebanon		80	CliffordDorset, May 2012
Origins of common expressions		2	jjmcgaffey, April 2012
Languages of the World (Wide Web)		21	vpfluke, December 2011
Question about a certain degree?		7	omboy, September 2011
Sometimes y and w		119	rretzler, September 2011
Why do Canadians say "eh" at the end of their sentences?		86	Naren559, May 2011
Scots language		5	ed.pendragon, April 2011
Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born		18	prosfilaes, April 2011
Where did that darn 'h' come from?		19	katelisim, February 2011
"Lit" became "Lighted"?		41	Muscogulus, December 2010
Hanged or Hung-- How would you answer this query?		40	Fogies, December 2010
Survival of the fittest?		22	Rozax, November 2010
The Death of Ancient Egyptian		12	Cynara, November 2010
English Dialects Survey		1	anggarrgoon, November 2010
Flying a kite		41	jjwilson61, November 2010
The Language of Dreams		44	iblis, October 2010
Excited for vs. about		17	thegreattim, September 2010
Earth or the Earth		17	pokarekareana, July 2010
Pet peeve phrases II		42	ColaBooks, July 2010
Drownding: Why the extra d?		11	keristars, July 2010
Me, myself		8	msladylib, July 2010
Pet peeve phrases		565	jjmcgaffey, July 2010
Where do the prescript/descript wings stand on spelling?		35	midikiman, July 2010
McWhorter's "The Story of Human Language"		9	MJC1946, June 2010
Which version of BDB is most useful?		2	MarthaJeanne, June 2010
Verbalising nouns		29	nickphilosophos, June 2010
Tracing the Rise of the Ubiquitous "Yes!" and the Rudely Pumped Fist		18	ed.pendragon, June 2010
"As for me"		14	Naren559, May 2010
nauseous, momentarily, quote		52	Thrin, May 2010
Let's Get Our Priorities Straight		14	pinkozcat, May 2010
The K-word (discussion of ethnic slur)		18	keigu, May 2010
Use of "we" in Victorian era		7	keigu, May 2010
question re: swearing in France 1889-1890		36	overthemoon, April 2010
International Phonetic Alphabet for 'my'		2	MMcM, March 2010
Introductory texts in different languages, universities		6	Petroglyph, February 2010
"As" vs "Like"		60	Naren559, February 2010
Is English Grammar Based on Latin Grammar and is that Bad?		32	rolandperkins, February 2010
language contact and historical analogies		2	erilarlo, January 2010
Visualizing words.		12	CliffordDorset, January 2010
A challenge to authors!		31	suitable1, January 2010
Languages group		48	ambushedbyasnail, January 2010
Farther and further		18	erilarlo, January 2010
Sites for Sore Eyes		61	UtopianPessimist, December 2009
"bored of... "		24	atiara, December 2009
Future Watching		6	CliffordDorset, October 2009
Here's another.		35	MyopicBookworm, September 2009
Mrs Yifnif		17	mene, September 2009
The Great Vowel Shift--Now a movie, opening in a theatre near you		7	CliffordDorset, September 2009
Here we go, another grammar question.		32	jimroberts, August 2009
Hesitant...The happiest days of my life were those studying linguistics; don't understand focus on p		34	grammargoddess, August 2009
How does a k turn into an s?		5	nhlsecord, August 2009
New One On Me		26	msladylib, August 2009
Women, fire, and dangerous things		7	sharder, August 2009
A joke.		3	msladylib, August 2009
Hyphenated Words		17	Muscogulus, July 2009
versing		9	Watty, July 2009
Favourite Theoretical Field?		10	Choreocrat, June 2009
Estuary English		18	CliffordDorset, June 2009
Words we hate because, well, they AREN'T WORDS!		97	Muscogulus, May 2009
Need a word.		38	thorold, May 2009
Historical Linguistics books		19	haidiw, April 2009
An impossible puzzle.		7	monarchi, March 2009
When newcomers to a language/region "choose" whether or not to assimilate		75	timjones, March 2009
à Kempis		10	MyopicBookworm, March 2009
grammar question		5	tangerinealert, March 2009
Resolve this Please?		23	CliffordDorset, March 2009
What is the great vowel shift?		34	jimroberts, February 2009
I Survived the Great Vowel Shift...		8	bonniebooks, February 2009
"off of"		11	MyopicBookworm, January 2009
Have versus Have Got		34	haidiw, January 2009
A vocab question.		4	Fogies, December 2008
The Way Rs are Written		33	erilarlo, November 2008
book recs for a newb		17	Larxol, November 2008
Regional American vowels...and weird shifts		15	Naren559, November 2008
Help understanding the difference btw Saxon, Norman, Celtic, Gallic, English		17	Rood, November 2008
awesome		36	MrAndrew, October 2008
Help in translation		2	MMcM, September 2008
Convergent languages		18	vpfluke, September 2008
Difference between a brogue and a burr?		14	erilarlo, September 2008
I Survived the Great Vowel Shift Message Board		64	vpfluke, September 2008
Grammar Questions		11	MMcM, September 2008
On the idea/word unique		12	tomcatMurr, September 2008
"this" shifting to "dish"		9	Choreocrat, September 2008
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