Posted by Rach on March 14, 2002, at 1:04:17
In reply to th sound, posted by beardedlady on March 8, 2002, at 13:44:34
> Did you know there used to be a symbol for those two letters? It looked like a fancy Y. People who are trying to be clever and nostalgic will call their businesses "Ye Olde Shoppe," when they really should be calling them, "The Olde Shoppe."
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> Thorry. But I had to put in my two thenth.
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> beardy : )>
I studied phoentics and proper speech. I learnt how to write out English langugage scripts (I was studying acting at the same time) using phoentic symbols, and the "fancy Y" is still used for the 'th' sound, although I cannot remember if it is for the hard or soft th.
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