Question

What were some of the features that marked apart Northern and West Midland ME?

Accepted Answer

Use of different vowel sounds, with the Southern dialects more susceptible to commonly occuring phonetic changes in ME e.g. mast/most, knawe/knowScandinavian influence e.g. til/toUse of '-yng' in Midlands, rather than the older '-and' e.g. kunnandly/cunnyngly, lastand/lastynge

Front	What were some of the features that marked apart Northern and West Midland ME?
Back	Use of different vowel sounds, with the Southern dialects more susceptible to commonly occuring phonetic changes in ME e.g. mast/most, knawe/know Scandinavian influence e.g. til/to Use of '-yng' in Midlands, rather than the older '-and' e.g. kunnandly/cunnyngly, lastand/lastynge

E.G Features Marked Northern West Midland Vowel Sounds