THIS LETTER BROKEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: The unnecessary E, why it's shoved everywhere, and how t...
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Why is this letter here? E is the letter that broke the English spelling rules.
0:00 - Oddities with the word Nike
0:45 - Words with illogical pronunciation of the final E
1:21 - Magic E: one of the main rules of reading in English
2:12 - How English pronunciation became wildly vile: the Great Vowel Shift
3:51 - How we know how English letters were read in the past
4:27 - Why new English words are written according to old rules
4:56 - Why German is better than English
5:20 - Room tour and where am I anyway
5:48 - About personal and professional matters
6:15 - About pleasant things and prizes
6:47 - Magic E and where it doesn't work
7:47 - When E makes a word visually easier
8:50 - A course with a strange and wild name
9:07 - Shakespeare, a spear, and sign language
9:34 - How the silent E changes consonants Sounds
10:03 - How the silent E changes the meaning of a word
10:30 - In which words is the final E pronounced?
11:08 - Reading Greek words and a little about Nike again
11:46 - How to live without reading rules in English
12:00 - What old Russian letter does the silent E resemble?
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