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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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"This wenche thikke" - Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literature

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    I notice that german has changed far less than english in the past few centuries. Because colonialism?

    Edit: ok, english has changed more instead.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

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