Thorn

[Bill Palmer]

If Anglo-Saxon is still taught as it was in the 1960's "thorn" represents
devoiced  "th", and "eth" represented the voiced version.

Bill Palmer

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> Thorn is the name for the symbol that is represented by the letters "th"
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)
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>> Date: Wed=2C 10 Feb 2010 13:57:24 -0600
>> From: Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
>> Subject: Re: ffolliott (UNCLASSIFIED)
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>> > Perhaps some transcribers saw manuscript representations of a capital
>> > F (which naturally would *only* be in an initial position) that
>> > looked like two lower-case "f"s connected=2C treated it like symbols or
>> > other characters not in their fonts (e.g.=2C like using a "y" for the
>> > thorn -- a *letter* replaced by a letter)=2C and transcribed it as a
>> > double lower-case "ff".
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>> What do you mean by "the thorn" -- is that the name of a typographic
>> symbol? What does it look like? (The OED doesn't help with its entry
>> for "thorn").
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>> > (1) Can someone give me examples of adverbs formed from a noun and a
>> > preposition? My vocabulary is failing me.
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>> Doesn't a prepositional phrase often serve the purpose of an adverb?
>> He ran with speed.
>> He ran quickly.
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