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Calin Baenen

Not using þorn and eð sooner.

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Eljay-Adobe • Edited

We should start a movement to revitalize those characters!

English Alphabet Erstwhile List
 1. LONG S    ſ    s
 2. AND      &    "and"     shorthand letter for "and"; capital? small?; originally "Et" combination/shorthand
 3. THORN   Þ þ    TH       soft "TH", like THIN
 4. THAT    Ꝥ ꝥ   "that"    shorthand letter for "that"; THORN with a stroke
 5. ETH     Ð ð    TH       hard "TH", like THEM
 6. ASH     Æ æ    A or E   sound between A and E, like as in CAT
 7. ETHEL   Œ œ    OE       words with a LONG E, like FOETUS
 8. WYNN    Ƿ ƿ    W        proposed character for "w" sound, before the "w" character was created
 9. YOGH    Ȝ ȝ    GH or Z  pronounced /yawg/ (extra-hard G); as in BACH or LOCH Ness Monster
10. ENG     Ŋ ŋ    NG       Alexander Gill the Elder (1690)
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Calin Baenen

I'm in favor for replacing most normal cases of 'a' wiþ 'æ' and 'u', since ðat's all it does, rarely ever makes ðe sound in "Ðe letter A". - I'd accept ENG, but ðat's cutting it close.
But oðer ðan ðat, ðe characters you listed are kinda useless. Sorry.

We don't need "THAT", we have a word.
Wynn is useless since 'w' makes ðe same sound.
Ampersand everyone knows of, and we use it in writing, but I don't þink it needs a special place in ðe alphabet anymore.