the words mite, meet, meat, mate, boat, boot, and bout, respectively.

The words had very different pronunciations in Middle English from those in Modern English:
* Long i in mite was pronounced as , so Middle English mite sounded similar to Modern English meet.
* Long e in meet was pronounced as , so Middle English meet sounded similar to modern Australian English met but pronounced longer.
*Long a in mate was pronounced as , with a vowel similar to the broad a of ma.
* Long o in boot was