Just heard of "The Great Vowel Shift" on the "Lexicon Valley"[1] linguistics podcast, which covered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling, and how the vowel sh

Just heard of "The Great Vowel Shift" on the "Lexicon Valley"[1] linguistics podcast, which covered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling, and how the vowel shift was a large factor in how pronunciations diverged from their spellings. [1]: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2018/04/john_mcwhorter_on_english_spelling.html http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2018/0...