Talk:British/@comment-5814271-20160602125835/@comment-122.57.93.26-20171203110738

Modern English has been spoken since 1500's, which is the beginning of the AOE iii timeframe, however vowels and certain words were said and spelt differently early on due to the great vowel shift, where vowels gradualy changed their sound over several centuries which is what is known as Early Modern English which was the tongue of Shaekespeare.

You can read all about English and its history here: http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/