pauraque: bird flying (conlangery)
pauraque ([personal profile] pauraque) wrote in [personal profile] pauraque_bk 2004-10-18 11:12 pm (UTC)

Re: blah blah Up Slytherin

The Great Vowel Shift was a bit after that, actually. 1300s-1500s is the usual timeframe I've seen.

Also, the English of that time wouldn't have yet had the many, many words borrowed from Norman French, which are so characteristic of the modern English vocabulary.
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