User:Hazarasp/Historical lexical sets

Here's a series of lists of words that have underwent (or haven't underwent) specific phonological developments.

Words with the old pronunciation of "one"
The pronunciation under discussion is (which would have resulted in RP, GA , NZE )


 * atone
 * only
 * alone (and hence lone)

anon preserves a variant pronunciation with a low short vowel (compare British dialectal )

Words showing developments of Middle English
Modern English ) (really more of in most dialects)


 * shove
 * dove

Unknown; word doesn't survive in the standard language.


 * houve

Words where  is not pronounced with (historical)

 * Esther
 * Thames
 * Thomas
 * thyme

Variably:


 * amaranth
 * amianthus
 * Anthony
 * Neanderthal

Now fully with or its equivalent:


 * author etc. (most Greek/Latin loans with belong here; they all originally had ; here spelling pronunciation was assisted by Modern Greek having in the relevant words)

Words where  is pronounced with in RP/AuE/NZE

 * Australia
 * Australasia
 * Austen
 * austere
 * Austin
 * Austria
 * auction
 * caustic
 * laurel
 * laureate
 * Lauren
 * Laurence
 * lauric
 * sausage

Words where  is pronounced even after velars

 * quagmire

Words where  isn't pronounced (except after velars)
Recent borrowings aren't included here.
 * aquatic
 * quaff
 * quark
 * swarf
 * swarve
 * twat
 * wharl
 * wark
 * wazz
 * wazzock

Words with unstressed

 * dandruff
 * hiccup
 * ketchup

Words with Middle English as
Some words that have been respelled are missing from this list.

Words with Middle English as
Incomplete; to be completed at a later date. Some of these words were never lengthened in some ME dialects.