King Alfred's English, a History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do

by Laurie J. White

Some Þoughts On Þ It seems a shame that we lost our letter þorn. Just þink how we could have had þis one single letter in many of our words raþer than having to deal wiþ boþ t and h all þe time. Þere are literally þousands of words þat þis would have shortened! What would it be like if we could use þorn wiþ modern English? We could easily fit a þorn key onto our computer keyboards. And just þink how useful it would be wiþ texting and IM’s—can you faþom þat? I really þink þey þrew out a good þing.