Episode 159: Elizabethan Voices
The History of English Podcast
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The History of English
Some modern linguists think of the H sound as essentially a voiceless vowel sound. We shape the vowel sound and we precede it with a little voiceless breath. All we have to do is just activate those vocal folds a few milliseconds early and the H sound becomes voiced. Next time, we'll continue our look at Elizabeth in English by focusing on some of the remaining consonant sounds. And we'll see what John Hart's writings tell us about those sounds too.
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