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		Declanomous on Nov 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Master an Accent Hey now, English was phonetic when we codified our spelling 500 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

emodendroket on Dec 1, 2016 [–]

English spelling wasn't really fully codified 500 years ago.

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