southern hemisphere australia new zealand south africa

Southern HemisphereAustralia

New Zealand

South Africa

The Hobo-Dyer Cylindrical Equal Area Projection

Middle English

Great Vowel Shift Shakespeare

BritishAmerican

R DroppingBATH Broadening

BritishS. Hem

Front Vowel Raising H-Dropping T-Glotalling

L-Vocalization

Loss of distinctivelength

LOT Unrounding Later Yod Dropping

T-Voicing

Middle English

Great Vowel Shift Shakespeare

BritishAmerican

R DroppingBATH Broadening

BritishS. Hem

Front Vowel Raising H-Dropping T-Glotalling

L-Vocalization

Diphthong Shift

FOOT-STRUT SplitNURSE Merger

Loss of distinctivelength

LOT Unrounding Later Yod Dropping

T-Voicing

BATH Lengthening

British

R DroppingBATH Broadening

BritishS. Hem

Front Vowel Raising H-Dropping T-Glotalling

L-Vocalization

Diphthong Shift

BATH Lengthening

The last slide was a picture of my mother on a bridge in Dorset in the late 1930s. The text on the sign reads:

DORSET. Any person willfully INJURING any part of this COUNTY BRIDGE will be guilty of FELONY and upon conviction liable to be TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE by the Court.Var Geo 4C30S13 T. Fooks.

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