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Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English

The History of English Podcast

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The Difference Between Old English and Latin

PISCUS was the Latin word for FISH. But in very early Old English it became FISH. The SK sound shifted to this new SH sound. A West Germanic word like WASKIN became WASH. And the West Germanicword SCARP became SHARP.

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