Thi Griet Vuwil Shoft. (The Great Vowel Shift)

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  • marrianne
    marrianne Member Posts: 1,161
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    If U is the last vowel .Do we go back to the beginning? so would BUDS be BADS ?........Marrianne :? ..its another good brain trainer I am extremely slow though
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    Yes, quite right. (Yis, qauti roght). :wink: Yua'ri duong UK, will surtid. (You're doing OK, well sorted). DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    Will, O'vi biin gittang ot ersi beckwerds es asael. :oops: :lol:
    Well, I've been getting it backwards as usual.

    Whet e nesty dey ot os tudey! Ot's poddling duwn woth reon, whoch os trocklong stiedoly andir my frunt duur. :roll:
    Qaock, muri tuwils!

    What a nasty day it is today. It's pouring down with rain, which is trickling steadily under my front door.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    Iiiik! (Eeeek!) Du yoa hevi e sendbeg ur twu tu hend? DD

    (Do you have a sandbag or two to hand)
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    Nu sendbegs, jast luts uf tuwils end e fual muath! :lol:

    No sandbags, just lots of towels and a foul mouth.
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    UK, O'll try egeon!

    Ruagh wonds du sheki thi derlong bads uf Mey,
    End Sammir's liesi heth ell tuu shurt e deti.

    Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
    And Summer's lease hath all too short a date.
  • [Deleted User]
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    Sumetumi tuu hut thi iyi uf hievin shonis
    End uftin os hos guld cumplixoun dumm'd

    Tu bi ilucatid un e viry cuppid dreme-schuul stenderd inglush!
    (To be elocuted in a very clipped drama-school standard english :D )
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
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    DD does it mean I am dyslexic if I can or cant read this... :P :?
    Love
    Barbara
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    No, Barbara, not at all but it is reminiscent of the struggles dyslexics can face.

    Wi ell lovi on e yilluw sabmeroni, e yilluw sabmeroni, e yillow submeroni.

    (or inthe AC version)

    Wi'ri ell duong e yilluw salphe wii, a yilluw salphe wii, a yilluw salphe wii. :wink: DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    :lol::lol::lol:
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,712
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    Of wi'ri duong Bietlis Sungs, huw ebuat
    (If we're doing Beatles songs, how about;)

    Hiy Jadi
    O Em thi Welras
    Shi Luvis Yua
    Tockit tu Rodi
    Thi Fuuul un thi Holl
    Megocel Mystiry Tuar

    itc itc
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    Rivulateun nambir nuni, strewbirry fuilds furivir...
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    Twost end shuat
    Pliesi pliesi mi
    Cen't bay mi luvi
    Yistirdey
    Elienur Rogby
    Sumthong
    Lit ot bi
    Git beck
    Pepirbeck Wrotir
    Ell yua niid os luvi
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,712
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    :lol: Yap. Thet wes ondiid 'Sumthong', Nampty.

    Huw ebuat teu vuwils? Oloinar Rugby saends untorostung.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    Yip. Sirouas vuwil prubs. Niids currictoun.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    Uh crokiy, thos os gittong tuagh. :( Bend nemis?

    Thi Whu The Who
    Qaiin Queen
    Ginosos Genesis
    Thi Rullong Stunis. :lol: The Rolling Stones
    Lid Zippilon :lol: Led Zeppelin
    Thi Munkiis The Monkees
    Devi, Dii, Duziy, Bieky, Mock and Totch Dave Dee Dozey Beaky Mick and Titch
    Menfrid Menn (achtung baby!) Manfred Mann

    End ondovodaels (and individiuals)

    Medunne
    Ledy Gege
    Id Shiiren
    Frenk Sonetre


    DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • daisyday
    daisyday Member Posts: 13
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    O loki thos gemi... I like this game! :P

    Fliitwuud Mec Fleetwood Mac (Task)
    Thandirclep Niwmen Thunderclap Newman (Sumithong on thi eor)
    Somun end Gerfankil Simon and Garfunkel (Suand uf solonci)
    Thi Hullois The Hollies (Hi eont hievy hi's my bruthir)
    Mervon Geyi Marvin Gaye (Hierd ot thrugh thi grepovoni)

    byi fur nuw...
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    Jithru Tall
    Jethro Tull

    Ven Murrosun
    Van Morrison

    Irok Clepton
    Eric Clapton

    Oen Dary end thi Bluckhieds
    Ian Dury and the Blockheads

    Stiily Den
    Steely Dan

    Juuls Hillend
    Jools Holland

    Ingilbirt Hampirdonck
    John Smith
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    Share
    Cher :wink:
  • [Deleted User]
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    Ponk Fluyd!
    thi Bii Giis
    Ilvys Prisliy
    End uf cuarsi thi griet "clessocs":
    Muzert
    Schabirt
    Hampirndonk
    Biithavin et
    Heindil

    End wuth Heindil wi intir e niw phesi on uar cullictovi eppruech tu thi fanny ferm: Thi girmenoc lengaegis end thior onginoas onvinton uf lottli duts ebuvi thrii vuwils. ä, ö end ü, eke: "ai", "ui" and "ai". Shiir medniss!
    And with Händel we enter a new phase in our collective approach to the funny farm. The germanic languages and their ingenious invention of little dots above three vowels. Ä, ö and ü, aka: "ae", "oe" and "ue". Sheer madness!
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,712
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    Uh, end wholi wi'ri un cumpusirs, lit's nut furgit my uld metis Chupon, Brehms, Bracknir end thi mestir uf pulyphuny, Pelistrone.

    (And, while we're on composers, let's not forget my old mates Chopin, Brahms, Bruckner and the master of polyphony, Palestrina.)
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    Choldrin's tilly prugs. (Children's telly progs)

    Thi Wuudin Tups The Wooden Tops
    Cembirwock Griin Camberwick Green
    Endy Pendy :lol:
    Boll end Bin (love that one!)
    Thi Megoc Ruandebuat The Magic Roundabout
    Maffon thi Mali Muffin the Mule


    and tonight I will be watching

    Stroctly Cumi Dencong woth Braci Fursyth end thet vepod blundi Tiss Deliy.

    (Strictly Come Dancing with Bruce Forsyth and that vapid blonde Tess Daley) DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,712
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    Cemberwock Griin? Uh yis, end whet ebuat Chogliy end Tramptun?
    (Camberwick Green? Oh yes, and what about Chigley and Trumpton?

    "Hiri os thi cluck, thi Tramptun cluck. Tillong thi tomi stiedoly, sinsobly, nivir tuu quockly, nivir tuu sluwly. Tillong thi tomi fur Tramptun."

    "Here is the clock, the Trumpton clock. Telling the time steadily, sensibly, never too quickly, never too slowly. Telling the time for Trumpton."

    O dun't du 'quockly' mysalf thisi deys. Meybi O shuald muvi to Tramptun.
    (I don't so 'quickly' myself these days. Maybe I should move to Tramptun.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
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    Whet ebuat Tongeh end Tackir end thi Tongeh end Tackir clab, woth Eantoi Jien Murtun end thi Buumireng sung :D

    What about Tingah and Tucker and the Tingah and Tucker club, with Auntie Jean Morton and the Boomerang Song :D
  • [Deleted User]
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    Masocels eri noci tuu. Ivote, fur ixempli. Ur jisas chrost sapirster.And O loki thi rucky hurrur poctari shuw, tuu.
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