Great Vowel Shift caused a change of pronunciation - Dialects mixing because of people moving south escape the black death. - Increasing number of French loan words in the English language (make them sound less French) - Vowels pronounced higher up in mouth eg "route" can rhyme with "boot" or with "out" eg décider In English we say dee-side, but in French the letter i is pronounced /i/ (with an ee sound). (jan 1, 1400 – jan 1, 1700)
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jan 1, 1400
jan 1, 1700
~ 300 years