So they would; the defining change between Middle English and modern English is the Great Vowel Shift. I can still do a couple of bits of the Canterbury Tales in a reasonable approximation of a Middle English dialect, courtesy of a very good college professor.
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Date: 2011-03-14 06:02 am (UTC)