The History of English Podcast

Currently Playing: Episode 185: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 2)

In the second part of our look at the sound of English in the early 1600s, we continue to explore the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that each letter represents. We explore the letters K through Z and examine how the sounds represented by those letters have evolved over the Modern English period. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 185 (https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/HOE-Transcript-Episode185.pdf)