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"This wenche thikke" - Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literature

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"This wenche thikke" - Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literature

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I notice that german has changed far less than english in the past few centuries. Because colonialism?

Edit: ok, english has changed more instead.
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

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