The History of English Podcast

Episode 161: Y U and I Have a Problem

Aug 31, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The History of English Podcast Episode 161 - The First Writing Manual
02:36 • 3min
3
How to Keep Track of Letters Like I and You
05:18 • 3min
4
How Did the Letters I and U Work in English?
08:27 • 2min
5
Why Did the Romans Overuse the Letters I and U?
10:22 • 4min
6
The Ooo Consonant in Modern English
14:12 • 3min
7
The Relationship Between I and Y
17:04 • 2min
8
Why the Romans Used Vowel Letters for Vowel and Consonant Sounds
19:09 • 3min
9
What Is Upsilon?
21:56 • 3min
10
The Origin of Upsilon in Greek Loan Words
24:58 • 4min
11
What Happened After the Norman Conquest?
28:30 • 2min
12
The History of the Letter Y
30:35 • 2min
13
The Y and the I in Middle English
32:36 • 4min
14
I Like My Typewriter
36:25 • 3min
15
The Old English Words of the Middle English Period
39:04 • 3min
16
How Did the Letter Y Become a Consonant?
42:06 • 3min
17
The Wuh Sound in Old English
45:01 • 2min
18
The Phonetic Alphabet of the Elizabethan Period
47:05 • 4min
19
The W Sound in the Elizabethan Period
50:40 • 3min
20
What Happened to the W Sound?
53:50 • 2min
21
The W Sound in the Second Syllable
56:09 • 4min
22
The W Sound in Old English and Early Modern English
01:00:00 • 3min
23
What Happened to the Word WHO?
01:02:34 • 4min
24
The Eye With the Curvy Tail
01:06:46 • 2min
25
The Origin of the Letter U
01:08:52 • 3min
26
The History of English Podcast
01:11:42 • 2min