Episode 153: Zombie Letters
The History of English Podcast
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Introduction
History of english is a podcast about the history of the English language. In this episode we look at why so many english words have crazy spellings that don't seem to make any sense. The answer lies in an attempt by writers and printers in the 15 hundreds to revive older spellings from the distant past. These letters were added to words to reflect sounds that had disappeared over time.
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