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10 letters dropped from the Alphabet. (Original Post)
Crutchez_CuiBono
Jan 2019
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bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)1. Thanks for posting!! Info v interesting. Knew about 'thorn',
Are the ae and oe related to German umlaut a and umlaut o?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. I believe they are from classical Greek, but it's 2AM and I'm not...
looking it up now.
What I found interesting is that the "uu" became "w". But German uses a "w". Maybe it didn't back in the 17th century, but that's another thing I'm not looking up now.
yonder
(9,666 posts)2. interesting and thanks
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4. And what about all the letters beyond Z?...
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)5. This scratches the rarest geeky itch!
Love it!