Did you know we lost 10 letters from the English alphabet?
Amaze your friends with today’s video. Better yet, write an entire sentence using these old letters and feel medieval and scholastic at the same time.
Here is my attempt:
In þe morniŋ ƿas þe æther around uƒ.
Enjoy.
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This is GREAT! I’d not seen all of these before and rarely explained so well. Trouble is, videos like this often lead me down internet rabbit holes and keep me from… excuse me. I have to check something out. I’ll get back to writing in a few minutes. Honest.
This is really neat!!! I wrote down the letters and tried to use them! It was harder than I thought! It’s amazing how languages are constantly churning into something different! It makes me think of the quote: “Every book you’ve ever read is only a different combination of the same 26 letters.” Mind blown. Thanks for the video! ?Happy Friday!
We’re you saying above: In þe morniŋ ƿas þe æther around uƒ. In the morning was the Asher around us? I loved this, thanks!
Perfect.
Praise the Lord . . . because now I know you’ve got my typos down . . .
Right?
& yes, I must share.
-claire
P.S. I think Brit lit owns a few of these, which is why I giggle when every vowel in the alphabet is included in one word.
Like “facetious.” And they are in alphabetical order too!
I read somewhere that there also used to be an added vowel to the list: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y.
The early vowels included “W” and the word it came from was “crwth” and pronounced “Crewth.”
I’m a personal friend of Jerry Jenkins as well as a former colleague (27 years). I wonder if he knew of this.
This takes me back to the recent years of taking History of the English Language in grad school. We actually had quizzes on these old letters! Quizzes! And then at midterms and finals, we had to write essays about the origins of these letters. It was an education, for sure. 🙂 Thank you for sharing the video, Steve.