Episode 95: Lost Letters: Eth and Thorn (Ð,ð and Þ, þ)
3/14/2021
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Episode 95: Lost Letters: Eth and Thorn (Ð,ð and Þ, þ)

In Modern English, we use the TH digraph to represent the voiced and voiceless dental fricative sounds. However, English previously had two unique letters that did this same job: eth and thorn. In this episode, we look at the origin and decline of et...

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