This ruined English spelling

Oh the Great Vowel Shift. What a mess you made. In this video, let's explore what the GVS was and why it screwed up English spelling forever. ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: patreon.com/robwords 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: http://www.robwords.com/newsletter More excellent GVS videos:    • What Was the Great Vowel Shift?      • The Great Vowel Shift and the History of B...      • PHY117 - The Great Vowel Shift   Vowel grid with sounds: https://www.ipachart.com/ Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: http://robwords.com http://x.com/robwordsYT   / robwords   ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:36 What is the Great Vowel Shift? 3:24 Words that changed 5:09 Chaucer 5:40 More words that changed 6:38 Why did the GVS happen? 9:49 Variations in England, USA, Canada 11:07 Consonant changes 12:51 Often or offen? 13:18 Silent K and G

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