Along the picturesque New England streets you will probably see one or two character that "ye olde tavern" or "ye old soft drinks shopping" explains.But before you take a British accent and order a pint of beer, there is a little story, you have to know.
Sentences likeUnderstand oldare actually only a few of the late 19th centuryFirst marketing game, intended to cause a sentimental connection with older times.IHas his own complicated story - based in the history of the alphabet.
English has always been a living language that changes and develops through use.But before our modern alphabet was determined, the language used many more characters that we have since removed from our 26-lett.
Eth (ð)
OfyiIactually comes from the letter ETH that has been slowly mergedyin the course of time.In its purest form, ETH was pronounced asESound in words asEis,Edoor, ofEE.Logical,Iis meant to sound the same asofBut the wrong spelling and violent wrong statement lives on.
Thorn (þ)
Thorn is in many ways the counterpart of ETH.Dorn also pronounced with aENoise but it has a voice pronunciation - your vocal cords do not vibrate when you pronounce the sound - as inEing ofEshould.
Today the sameELetter Combo is used for both þ and ð sounds.There is a difference difference - Doorn is a voiceless statement and ETH is expressed - but it is just something that you pick up when you learn to speak.Of course you will never hear about this in school, because that is English for you.
Wynn (ƿ)
Wynn was admitted to our alphabet to represent the dayWSound.Maler used writings twouSigns side by side, but instead gave preference to a character and chose Wynn from the Runic alphabet.The doubleurepresentationbecame quite popular and eventually wynn out.av.
Yogh (ȝ)
Yogh was used historically to indicate the incorporation as that inBachor the ScottishLoch.As English developed, Yogh was quickly abandoned in favor ofGhcombo.id day The sound is quite rare.GhReplacement is completely quiet, as in youGhOf dauGhTER.
Ash (æ)
Ash is still a functional letter in language such as Icelandic and Danish.In its original Latin, it indicates a certain type of long vocal sound, thatIilived.In old English it represented a short vocal sound - in between-inIne,As inKat.In modern English, occasionally used stylistically, such as in archeology or colleague towel, but indicates the same sound as the lettere.
Ethel (œ)
Ethel also once represented a certain statement somewhere between the two vowelsOIne,Although it was originally pronounced asHalloiSteering wheel.As many awards, this letter also disappeared in favor of a simpler vocal order (A, E, I, O, U) with many different statements.
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