Episode 160: Approximant-ly English
The History of English Podcast
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The History of the L Sound in English
The l sound was pretty stable in old english, but we start to find some notable changes after the norman conquest. The close proximity of the l sound to the c h sound seems to have been the trigger for the change. After the l sound disappeared in those words, another group of words started to lose their l sounds as well. I actually talked about that development back in episode one forty nine.
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