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Here's an example:
Humour, Flavour, Colour - Old english; in modern english (US English, rather), the u is dropped.

Theatre, Centre - Old english; modern english the re is inverted

Plus, we can't pronounce 'aluminium' to save our lives so we dropped the i

2006-10-29 11:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by Pask 5 · 0 2

Oh goodness, a whole lot. English lost gender and case, for instance. The word THOU is no longer use. Also the conjugation simplified. We say "you do" and "he does" instead of "he doth" and "thou dost., for example.

2006-10-29 20:48:43 · answer #2 · answered by ako lang 3 · 2 0

Sounds dlifferent, spelled the same for the most part.

2006-10-29 19:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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