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Corpse, Corps, Horse and Worse
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The Great Vowel Shift
The great vowel shift is a explanation for much of the spelling problems in english, because vowels are very vague. So i can describe consonance by telling you where the obstruction happens. That's the lips coming together to block the sound and then release the sound. But vowels move from a lower position to a higher position in the mouth as they're bumping into each other. And so you get shifts like bought to boat, but it's displacing boat, which means boot. Then that's displacing the o, which has nowhere to go. What used to be hoos becomes house; what used to be moose becomes mouse.
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