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===English=== Although [[Middle English]] spelling used {{angbr|e}} to represent long and short {{IPAslink|e}}, the [[Great Vowel Shift]] changed long {{IPA|/eΛ/}} (as in ''me'' or ''bee'') to {{IPA|/iΛ/}} while short {{IPAslink|Ι}} (as in ''met'' or ''bed'') remained a [[mid vowel]]. In unstressed syllables, this letter is usually pronounced either as {{IPAslink|Ιͺ}} or {{IPAslink|Ι}}. In other cases, the letter is [[Silent e|silent]], generally at the end of words like ''queue''.
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