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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T16:09:09.000Z",
  "site": "https://waywordradio.org",
  "tags": [
    "Segments",
    "English spelling",
    "french influence",
    "Gabe Henry",
    "great vowel shift",
    "pronunciation",
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  "textContent": "English spelling seems so irregular because it preserves history instead of matching sound. Early on, this Germanic tongue absorbed Norse and French influences from invaders, and in the late 1400s, printing helped standardize early spellings just before pronunciation shifted dramatically in the Great Vowel Shift. Vowels changed; spellings tended not to. The result is a […]",
  "title": "A Rough Slog Through to Our Tough English Spelling"
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