i have now figured out that it really is basically impossible to reform english spelling to be phonologically consistent

@atbing2425

2 жыл бұрын

Lol Yeah you would need a new alphabet essentially

History of french consonants (or vowels) would be awesome. I don’t speak french but I do know it’s gone through a lot of changes, arguably more than English.

Pff. This video is very, very interesting. Even the vowels have been changing in the last years. 👍👍👍

@atbing2425

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly no one realizes what's happening because the change in ones lifetime is relatively insignificant

The best video I have ever seen

I never knew /eɪ̆/ was such a recent diphthong, relatively

@atbing2425

3 жыл бұрын

Well I mean it's barely a dipthong, the start and end point are very close to each other (it almost sounds the same as long e) some american english varieties still consider it a monpthong, if you would go back in time and someone said "what's your name?" Someone who hasn't heard about this diphthongazation probably won't even realise it, and vice versa. But cool nonetheless.

@rykloog9578

3 жыл бұрын

@@atbing2425 Since I've started learning Spanish, I've noticed my pronunciation of this diphthong shift from /eɪ̆/ back into a long /e:/. (I'm from California) I suspect Spanish has had a similar effect on other people, especially in the southwestern US

@atbing2425

3 жыл бұрын

@@rykloog9578 that's interesting, possibly idk

@brunorossibonin788

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but if you notice the British accent vowel diagram from 3:40 over, you see the diphthong ei starting to become more open, something that isn't happening in us.

@obedotto4465

5 ай бұрын

@@rykloog9578 I'd imagine its not too hard for that to happen