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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
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   > Alison Hopkins wrote:   
   >>  wrote in message   
   >> >   
   >> > Also remember, Shakespeare wrote prior to the great vowel shift, and   
   >> > therefore used european-style vowels (where e sounds like a, i sounds   
   >> > like e, and so forth).  I'm not aware of any English speakers that use   
   >> > european-style vowels.   
   >>   
   >> What the hell are you on about? Or on? .............   
   >> God in heaven, is this what the US education system turns out? It   
   >> explains a   
   >> great deal.   
   > .   
   >   
   > You never heard of the English Vowel Shift that happened circa 1600?   
   > And you say MY education is bad?  You don't know your own history.   
   > (And I don't think Harvard could be considered poor.)   
      
   You've not worked with a Harvard MBA then. I have and they were utter pants.   
      
   And I meant *your* education. You stated that you were not aware of any   
   English speakers using vowel shift. I cited only one example of many, which   
   you chose to ignore.   
      
   >   
   > I just reviewed my notes and Doctor Lehrer used the term "continental   
   > vowels" wherein English used to use the same vowels as the continent,   
   > but after ~1600 the vowels shifted to their own unique form.   
   >   
   > REFERENCE:   
   >   
   > http://a9.com/english%20vowel%20shift   
   >   
      
   I am not arguing the non existence of the vowel shift concept, I am arguing   
   your idiotic point that the Midlands speaks like Glasgow. Britain has more   
   dialects and accents than anywhere else in the world. And you might just   
   want to check on the existence of people over here speaking in Shakespeare's   
   English. I went to an excellent lecture by Mark Rylance at the Globe on that   
   very subject. If you don't know who he is, then Google.   
      
   Ali   
      
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