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To: Verginius Rufus
In Old English, those sounds were written with distinct letters, thorn when unvoiced (Þ, þ) and eth when voiced (Ð, ð). In modern Greek, the unvoiced sound is written with theta (Θ, θ) and the voiced with delta (Δ, δ).
33 posted on 09/30/2016 10:05:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Those two letters used in Old English are still used in modern Icelandic.


41 posted on 09/30/2016 10:09:11 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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