Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters
The History of English Podcast
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The Middle English Scribes Used a Letter Y for the Y Sound in Old English
The Old English scribes actually used CG for that sound, not DG. But the middle English scribes didn't like that CG combination. So they removed the C and put a D in its place. And a word like edge got a new spelling. It went from ECG in Old English to E D G E in middle English. This was a continuation of the Old English tradition.
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