Episode 87: The First Spelling Reformers
The History of English Podcast
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A discussion on the spelling reforms in Middle English, focusing on changes made to the alphabet by French-educated scribes after the Norman conquest. They explore evidence from the Peterborough Chronicle and the armulum and highlight innovations in vowel and consonant spelling, as well as the introduction of the distinction between long and short vowels by Orm.
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