Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)
The History of English Podcast
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The Great Vowel Shift
After the great vow shift was complete, people in and around london started to change the way they pronounced their e sound. The same feature pops up in australian accents as well. There are lots of similarities between the cockney accent and the australian accent due to that close historic link. Let me play you a few samples from listeners where you can hear modern version of this same vaw shift.
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