Post #2423150
2026-05-10 18:30 UTC
@yvanspijk@toot.community wait, "queen" and "quean" were homophones? That seems like a dangerous ambiguity, but maybe some vowel shifts made it distinguishable?
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@yvanspijk@toot.community 2026-05-10 18:33
@aburka@hachyderm.io Yes, they were indeed. The vowel shift that merged 'meet' and 'meat' turned them into homophones in most dialects.