Changes in Long Vowels

e: she, three, me, years
Long e in ME usually becomes i in PDE. However, there are exceptions. As we see in the word "years," postvocalic r can affect vowels; the e in ME "years" became I before the r (see Görlach 72 for a discussion of postvocalic r and the GVS).
 
 
 
ME 
PDE 
"she" 



 
EXCEPTION 
ME 
PDE 
"years" 


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