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08-05-2009, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by TheLastFortnight View Post
However, the English pronounce is really a pain, without the IPA, I can't really know how to pronounce the words, since it's pronounced completely different from the way it's written sometimes.
Thank the GVS (Great Vowel Shift) in the British history between and around 1450 and 1750.


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