10 Letters We Dropped From The Alphabet

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  • @Rio-chii
    @Rio-chii 5 років тому +4591

    My friend: Who is your favourite Pokemon trainer?
    Me: Æ.

  • @vnnd1208
    @vnnd1208 4 роки тому +593

    5:35 the “Æ” is actually an “Ä” in German and its used very often.

    • @jiripoduska3785
      @jiripoduska3785 4 роки тому +16

      And in Icelandic it sounds like [ ai ]

    • @Dark_Zacian
      @Dark_Zacian 4 роки тому +32

      and in danish, “æ” is still a letter.
      “æ” and “Æ” is just pronounced “A + E” (danish)

    • @jun-hs4eo
      @jun-hs4eo 4 роки тому +16

      Dark_Umbreon æ os still a letter in Norwegian was well. It is pronounced like a long a here though (ex: ærlig

    • @gregorywasingerjr8084
      @gregorywasingerjr8084 4 роки тому +5

      Okäy boomer

    • @NagromVoice
      @NagromVoice 4 роки тому +7

      Elon Musk loves it apparently

  • @glitchyx6995
    @glitchyx6995 5 років тому +662

    I remember as a kid I used to take "W, X, Y & Z" literally and I actually thought "&" came after Y and before Z. It's funny to know that I was actually close to right lmao

  • @sylviesparkle3888
    @sylviesparkle3888 Рік тому +130

    Interesting fact no one seems to remember: W is pronounced as “Doubleyoo” making it the only letter with more than one syllable, because it has three

    • @DeathDealer_1021
      @DeathDealer_1021 Рік тому +8

      It's also the only letter to not have the sound it makes in its name back in ancient times, w's predecessor (which actually looked like a Y) was called Wau, and honestly I think we should bring the name back

    • @GuyllianVanRixtel
      @GuyllianVanRixtel Рік тому

      If & were to be a letter, it should just be called and. & could also sound like and.

    • @ianjellison6688
      @ianjellison6688 Рік тому +2

      We should just call it Wynn

    • @GuyllianVanRixtel
      @GuyllianVanRixtel Рік тому +1

      @@ianjellison6688 The letter Wynn as in win. Perfect.

    • @DiamondCreeper2007
      @DiamondCreeper2007 11 місяців тому

      @/+$3&*(8)’”:;9014#57=2-6%

  • @beanjuice4070
    @beanjuice4070 5 років тому +717

    “10 letters we dropped from the alphabet”
    Me: ok so something like z”
    *ok so t h o r n*

    • @bluesdealer
      @bluesdealer 4 роки тому +25

      Blame the industrial revolution. “Þ” goes back all the way to the Elder Futhark “ᚦ” rune. English evolved with that sound built-in, so I wish we still had a letter for it.

    • @Lunarcreeper
      @Lunarcreeper 4 роки тому +2

      bluesdealer
      Do you understand humor?

    • @kato3415
      @kato3415 4 роки тому

      @Lil Sizzurp corona

    • @kato3415
      @kato3415 4 роки тому +1

      @Lil Sizzurp uuuhan

    • @kato3415
      @kato3415 4 роки тому

      @Lil Sizzurp roast

  • @TheHarleyEvans
    @TheHarleyEvans 5 років тому +857

    I'd like to bring Þorn back, though it comes with certain complications , like confusing it for some other words..

  • @yesnt4639
    @yesnt4639 3 роки тому +5202

    Replacing “thing” with “þiŋ” sounds really satisfying though

    • @thisisa
      @thisisa 3 роки тому +477

      bin

    • @defaultdan7923
      @defaultdan7923 3 роки тому +306

      @@MCLooyverse i see a lack of my boy þorn in ðere

    • @MCLooyverse
      @MCLooyverse 3 роки тому +260

      @@defaultdan7923 Unfortunately, my comment didn't call for þorn.

    • @firecatanimated2525
      @firecatanimated2525 3 роки тому +21

      ye

    • @BlaireBlaireBlaire
      @BlaireBlaireBlaire 3 роки тому +154

      honestly we need to bring back the thorn "þ" instead of "th" its just easier and cooler, and easier for people learning english to understand

  • @joelfrom08
    @joelfrom08 Рік тому +45

    Fun fact: æ, ð, þ, ö, ä, ø and å are still used in nordic languages.
    (Of course in other languages too like german, same goes for œ in French)

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 4 роки тому +4238

    English: *Stops using old letter*
    Icelanders: “Come, you have a new home now.”

  • @maipetallis5583
    @maipetallis5583 6 років тому +548

    I knew a girl named Aeden and she told me that her name was illegal because it was actually spelled Æden and that letter can’t be used on a birth certificate

    • @EilonwyWanderer
      @EilonwyWanderer 6 років тому +23

      My niece has that name!

    • @cherubblu
      @cherubblu 6 років тому +117

      how is the name Æden illegal
      jeez people these dæs
      yes i said dæs

    • @달토깽-x2x
      @달토깽-x2x 6 років тому +12

      blueberries are fruit daes is pronounced closer to despacito than days

    • @feynmanwasagenius3482
      @feynmanwasagenius3482 6 років тому +5

      +maipe tallis Some countries like Iceland still use that though so are we saying an Icelandic name would be illegal? I am not sure thats correct.

    • @Tinfoil_Hardhat
      @Tinfoil_Hardhat 6 років тому +5

      Well, if that letter can't be used on a birth certificate, then it isn't spelled that way. Simply.

  • @joper3338
    @joper3338 6 років тому +2001

    interestiŋ

    • @joper3338
      @joper3338 6 років тому +193

      please make this a thiŋ

    • @poppy3879
      @poppy3879 6 років тому +37

      η not the same but close
      What keyboard?

    • @GhostOfAMachine
      @GhostOfAMachine 6 років тому +18

      Used commonly in Kazakh (cyrillic counterpart be ң)

    • @derpdrawz4541
      @derpdrawz4541 6 років тому +2

      I’m likin’ this thing

    • @alleriastormborn8089
      @alleriastormborn8089 6 років тому +38

      they see me rolliŋ..

  • @khangphan1456
    @khangphan1456 Рік тому +38

    'Đ' is now an actual letter in the Vietnamese alphabet, and it is used to make the "TH" sound lowercase 'đ'

  • @scoreunder
    @scoreunder 3 роки тому +537

    Did you know:
    ß (German "eszett" or sharp S) is the combination of long "s" and normal "s" into one letter.
    & (ampersand) was originally a combination of the letters "et", spelling out the Latin word for "and". In the past, "&c" was a common spelling of "etc".

    • @Sp1tz1fy
      @Sp1tz1fy 3 роки тому +17

      I actully agree þouȝ ƿið you if it ƿas a ðhiŋ

    • @seanluo8369
      @seanluo8369 2 роки тому +17

      ß comes in many designs. ſ+s, ſ+z, ſ+ʒ, ſ+3, etc. And capitalized ẞ exists.

    • @isabellach
      @isabellach 2 роки тому +4

      oh wow the eszet one's really cool

    • @dannypipewrench533
      @dannypipewrench533 2 роки тому +8

      I like the eszett. i believe its name is a combination of "ess" and "zett." Duh. "Ess" for "S," and "zett" (or really tsett) being the German pronunciation of "zed," which is "Z." Since those are the sounds represented by "S," logically if you make a symbol for the combination of the two, you would combine the names.

    • @steamhappyemoji
      @steamhappyemoji 2 роки тому

  • @minnabaru341
    @minnabaru341 5 років тому +1472

    "putting two Us together"
    W
    Double...U?
    Scribes: *_perfection_*

    • @astronix2000
      @astronix2000 5 років тому +39

      Double "U" UU VV. I think is should be double v

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios 5 років тому +72

      @@astronix2000 in French it is actually called "double V"

    • @FinalFoxFeistyFox
      @FinalFoxFeistyFox 5 років тому +19

      U+U = UU V+V =W

    • @frank_calvert
      @frank_calvert 5 років тому +7

      @@astronix2000 Well v and u used to be opposites. For example - loue and vse

    • @iacintha
      @iacintha 5 років тому +5

      @DIVIDE ET IMPERA same in Danish. Pronounced like "dobbelt-ve"

  • @humanbeing2682
    @humanbeing2682 3 роки тому +6581

    “It’s just a D with a line through it!”
    Q: *sweats nervously*

  • @nazarkosarenko2090
    @nazarkosarenko2090 9 місяців тому +3

    Chapter suggestions, because this is exactly the kind of video for which it doesn't make sense in the slightest to not have them:
    0:00 - Intro
    1:14 - ʃ (Long S)
    2:27 - & (Ampersand)
    3:15 - Þþ (Thorn)
    4:11 - That [This one appears to not have any Unicode symbol]
    4:33 - Ðð (Eth)
    5:07 - Ææ (Ash)
    5:42 - Œœ (Ethel)
    6:10 - Ƿƿ (Wynn)
    7:00 - Ȝȝ (Yogh)
    7:37 - Ŋŋ (Eng)
    8:24 - Outro

  • @norky6197
    @norky6197 5 років тому +2844

    Teacher: How many letters are in alphabet?
    Me: 36....

    • @norky6197
      @norky6197 5 років тому +62

      @@Vini-km4dh if you press ´ and s you can get long ś

    • @shiikae7787
      @shiikae7787 5 років тому +40

      Norky ß

    • @norky6197
      @norky6197 5 років тому +12

      @@shiikae7787 wot

    • @shiikae7787
      @shiikae7787 5 років тому +9

      Norky ^_^¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @gidyyy5261
      @gidyyy5261 5 років тому +9

      @@Vini-km4dh in germany it looks like ß

  • @AnInterstellarOdyssey
    @AnInterstellarOdyssey 6 років тому +653

    I love this channel it just keeps getting better.

    • @waddlemarco
      @waddlemarco 6 років тому +13

      more like it *keepſ gettiŋ* better

    • @FRN2013
      @FRN2013 6 років тому +1

      Great video!
      I expected to see ñ, but I guess that was always only a Spanish letter.
      I use & many times every day, BTW.

    • @MrQuatroPL
      @MrQuatroPL 6 років тому +2

      ikr i remember when i subed for the kfc video

    • @AdityaSharma-zx5vl
      @AdityaSharma-zx5vl 6 років тому +1

      It's amazing. You never know what kind of video you're going to get!

    • @osearthesp
      @osearthesp 6 років тому

      i subbed !!

  • @joeparkin7147
    @joeparkin7147 6 років тому +291

    The editing and animation gets better every time. Along with everything else on this channel

    • @FRN2013
      @FRN2013 6 років тому +11

      The channel keepſ gettiŋ better & better every DÆ

  • @LuisArguello
    @LuisArguello Рік тому +3

    Could you please talk about the letter "a"? The letter "a" that we use in our keypads is not the same as we use when we write on papers. Thanks a lot. Very useful video.

    • @SEBithehiper945
      @SEBithehiper945 Рік тому +1

      The "α" you write on paper isn't A, it's Latin Alpha. The A you use on keypads is normal A.

    • @amyramm9394
      @amyramm9394 7 місяців тому

      Huh

  • @waqqashanafi
    @waqqashanafi 4 роки тому +311

    Fun fact: When Arabs started using latin keyboards, many of the sounds from Arabic were not possible with the limited latin alphabet, so they started using the digits.

    • @Thenormalguy101
      @Thenormalguy101 4 роки тому +11

      ع غ ح خ ط ظ
      which numbers are for which sounds as these are the ones that you cant really type with the latin alphabet

    • @aabbdduu
      @aabbdduu 4 роки тому +2

      I'm an Arab and I didn't know that

    • @carladoumit2222
      @carladoumit2222 4 роки тому +18

      @@Thenormalguy101here in lebanon we use
      ع=3
      غ=gh
      both use h since you can usually guess from context and not many words that differ only because of these lettersهand ح
      خ=kh
      And ط andظ use t and th respectively for the same reason as ه andح
      In addition the ء=2

    • @jaffermahdi628
      @jaffermahdi628 4 роки тому +17

      It’s still a thing nowadays. We use digits which look similar to the Arabic exclusive letters
      ع=3
      خ=5
      ح=7
      ص=6
      ء=2

    • @nadeen6968
      @nadeen6968 4 роки тому +6

      @@jaffermahdi628 yeah pretty much, there's also 8 for غ and even 4 for ش for some reason. But sometimes we just use letters like dh for ظ Instead

  • @artistninja7508
    @artistninja7508 3 роки тому +426

    The French still use "œ" occasionally, in example the word "sœur" meaning sister

    • @kevinmarshall5431
      @kevinmarshall5431 3 роки тому +34

      Un autre example es œuf, as in egg

    • @lemonade4181
      @lemonade4181 3 роки тому +2

      Yes and Google has to autocorrect sœur for me during virtual school.

    • @landonrichards4434
      @landonrichards4434 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah, a lot of my schoolwork was done on computers when I took French and we had no easy way of using “œ”. My teachers knew that, but I always found it ever-so-slightly annoying

    • @cdemr
      @cdemr 3 роки тому +10

      @@landonrichards4434 Basically everyone just write it "oe" and computers correct it back to "œ" automatically, don't worry to much about it it's not important, really

    • @Mel0nMel
      @Mel0nMel 3 роки тому

      God I love french

  • @rasmusvanwerkhoven1962
    @rasmusvanwerkhoven1962 4 роки тому +905

    So “You” Can now represent “You” and “Thou”? Neat!

    • @circumplex9552
      @circumplex9552 3 роки тому +54

      Wait, does that mean that "you" is a byproduct of þ becoming y, with the old "thou"?

    • @nameless2996
      @nameless2996 3 роки тому +65

      @@circumplex9552 Not necessarily, "you" and "thou" were always separate ("you" was meant for formal greetings and such while "thou" was informal) but the shift from thorn to "y" made it a little bit harder to differentiate between the two so people just stopped caring about the difference, which is why we only have one second person pronoun in English.

    • @redapol5678
      @redapol5678 3 роки тому +11

      @@nameless2996 I thought it was also used to distinguish singular you (thou) from plural you (you all/y’all/youse)

    • @ericbarlow6772
      @ericbarlow6772 3 роки тому +10

      @@redapol5678 y'all is likely a contraction of ye all from Scotland that was carried over to North America.

    • @redapol5678
      @redapol5678 3 роки тому +3

      @@ericbarlow6772 fair enough. I’m Australian so our go to term for plural you is ‘youse’. We never say ‘y’all’, but ‘you all’ is possible.

  • @YQKjack
    @YQKjack 9 місяців тому +4

    Wow! I really liked þis video. I watched this the twentieð time

  • @limediamond4595
    @limediamond4595 5 років тому +2075

    Person: W X Y and Z
    People trying to be smart: “and” isn’t a letter.
    Me, an intellectual: actually,

    • @osama_tee9674
      @osama_tee9674 5 років тому +21

      Lime Diamond I’m not an intellectual. Help me understand this joke

    • @Z3R0F1V3
      @Z3R0F1V3 5 років тому +26

      @@osama_tee9674 no i dont think i will.
      also: aw man #8264

    • @1x2cheeseslope43
      @1x2cheeseslope43 5 років тому +15

      Idk why but to me it sounds like it should be w y x and z

    • @rashisingh2303
      @rashisingh2303 5 років тому +10

      Creeper #8264 I think they mean that the ampersand was considered a letter and it means and. Don’t know if this helps

    • @osama_tee9674
      @osama_tee9674 5 років тому +2

      Rashi Singh uh. Wtf’s an ampersand😂

  • @mrh8142
    @mrh8142 5 років тому +716

    Au contraire, *mon frère*
    It gets me EVERY TIME

    • @hanako6125
      @hanako6125 5 років тому +1

      Yup.

    • @legrandluan
      @legrandluan 5 років тому +12

      Omelette au fromage OwO

    • @mahikannakiham2477
      @mahikannakiham2477 5 років тому +7

      @@legrandluan Salut ananas

    • @legrandluan
      @legrandluan 5 років тому +2

      @@mahikannakiham2477
      Bonjour ^^

    • @bat-
      @bat- 5 років тому

      hi.pineapple // gacha bonjour

  • @NikiNorn
    @NikiNorn 3 роки тому +958

    Here in Norway, the alphabet ends like this: x y z æ ø å.

    • @megalifts
      @megalifts 3 роки тому +19

      @@Karphya あ、い、う、え or ア、イ、ウ、エ

    • @megalifts
      @megalifts 3 роки тому +20

      @@Karphya Oops, I wrote the beginning of hiragana and katakana.

    • @casualposters
      @casualposters 3 роки тому +12

      Where I live is W,X,Y,Z

    • @L1M.L4M
      @L1M.L4M 3 роки тому +17

      iN aMeRiCAiN, iT gOeS "wXyZ¹2³"

    • @L1M.L4M
      @L1M.L4M 3 роки тому +14

      It's a joke, and the 123 us a reference to the alphabet song past Z, because they fill up space, because other language use other letters, the numbers fill up empty space

  • @VariableFoxx
    @VariableFoxx Рік тому +9

    In Russian, there is also a letter that looks exactly like the number 3. It makes the sound “z”. There is just a slight difference between them though. З 3. The first one is the letter, and the second one is the number.

    • @Labyrinth6000
      @Labyrinth6000 Рік тому +1

      Plus third letter in the cyrillic alphabet looks like it uses a similar rule to thorn, but pronounced like a v.

    • @Sarp1sthebest
      @Sarp1sthebest Рік тому

      ​@@Labyrinth6000 В B they look the same

    • @russianyoutube
      @russianyoutube Рік тому

      @@Labyrinth6000 there is also Ж and Щ. The first one is zh iirc, but about the second one idk

    • @cc10higa
      @cc10higa Рік тому

      ​@@russianyoutubeщ "sch"

    • @hmkrjax
      @hmkrjax 6 місяців тому

      щ is a soft sh

  • @thisissupposedtobeanonymous
    @thisissupposedtobeanonymous 3 роки тому +606

    Even just bringing back the "ŋ" would be cool, useful, and it kinda looks modern too. Look: Somethiŋ

    • @nesyboi9421
      @nesyboi9421 3 роки тому +39

      But again the same problems come up
      If I didn't watch this video I would probably think you wrote Somethin' instead of Something

    • @Rrzhh
      @Rrzhh 3 роки тому +13

      How did you get "eng"!?

    • @hunnidmusic
      @hunnidmusic 3 роки тому +1

      How did ya write it

    • @farenvyld
      @farenvyld 3 роки тому +1

      in the way... mmmmmmmmm

    • @Random_.
      @Random_. 3 роки тому +7

      Ñ

  • @_RayNotHere_
    @_RayNotHere_ 5 років тому +336

    Ethel: hi
    Me: hi œ
    Ethel: what is œ
    Me: its ethel

    • @amal-_-8360
      @amal-_-8360 5 років тому +15

      uuuu (by that i mean uwu)

    • @simpleanigamer1433
      @simpleanigamer1433 5 років тому +3

      @@amal-_-8360 nah its WW

    • @amal-_-8360
      @amal-_-8360 5 років тому +1

      @@simpleanigamer1433 nauu

    • @yourlocalprincess1690
      @yourlocalprincess1690 5 років тому

      Riverdale? frk. Ethel

    • @josee-annejoly6896
      @josee-annejoly6896 5 років тому

      Actually œ is still used in french, like in sœur, cœur, fœtus, etc. But it's not a letter of the alphabet, just the way to write it, even though I think soeur, coeur and foetus are equally accepted

  • @magentas6467
    @magentas6467 6 років тому +452

    I always kinda wished sounds like "sh", "th", or "ch", had their own letters. I'd also love to see yog and eng make a comeback.

    • @magentas6467
      @magentas6467 6 років тому +73

      Oh, and I really dislike the letter c. It makes sounds that s and k already make.

    • @myrsinelachanaris4016
      @myrsinelachanaris4016 6 років тому +8

      th is the thorn and eth letters.

    • @jackandy1736
      @jackandy1736 6 років тому +18

      Lithuanians use Š š instead of sh

    • @yechan_naesarang
      @yechan_naesarang 6 років тому +9

      Look at the Esperanto alphabet.

    • @NimonoSolenze
      @NimonoSolenze 6 років тому +16

      yeah C's pretty useless, there's no sound it "makes" that isn't taken by other letters by default
      the only thing it has "unique" is "Ch" for a unique sound...but it's a combo. Could easily be its own letter.

  • @HFIAPY
    @HFIAPY 17 днів тому +2

    "W, X, Y, &, Z"
    It is already under our noses...

  • @felipekretschmera.5812
    @felipekretschmera.5812 5 років тому +1872

    The cæt ate a fœtus. That fœtus was my dauȝter
    Heh. These are hard to use

  • @PanAndScanBuddy
    @PanAndScanBuddy 5 років тому +207

    1:15 The Long S
    2:29 Ampersand
    3:16 Thorn
    4:11 That
    4:35 Eth
    5:07 Ash
    5:44 Ethel
    6:10 Wynn
    7:01 Yogh
    7:30 Eng

  • @clivegchesterman
    @clivegchesterman 3 роки тому +202

    I'm English and 60 years old, I vaguely remember being taught the AE combination at primary school. The D with the line through it is still used in Icelandic and had the same pronunciation DD in Welsh!

    • @stiinkysocks6354
      @stiinkysocks6354 2 роки тому +13

      Haha! people forget that Welsh doesn't operate within the standard English alphabet! It is it's own specific alphabet, and when people make jokes about Welsh "going crazy with the consonants" they should know that "y" and "w" are both vowels in the welsh alphabet, and that "dd" "ll" and "v" make different sounds than they would in English

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick 2 роки тому +5

      The D with the line though it is used in Serbian and other Slavic languages to designate the "DJ" "dj" sound. For, example, the name George in Serbian is Djordje, which can be written: Dorde (with horizontal slashes through the D and d).

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick 2 роки тому +2

      @@stiinkysocks6354 German uses a special "B" which is like a Greek capital Beta.

    • @clivegchesterman
      @clivegchesterman 2 роки тому +1

      I also believe that a D in Spanish is also sometimes pronounced as TH as in the word "the". Languages are fascinating things!

    • @kolibri1992
      @kolibri1992 2 роки тому +6

      @@foureyedchick it's not a B, ß is a ligature (merger) of the long s mentioned in the video and a round s (or a z in some typefaces). ſ+s=ß.

  • @edex59
    @edex59 Рік тому +5

    I legit want Thorn and Wynn to come back. The three syllable Dou-ble U can be a tad large, especially when saying WWW when World Wide Web is three times more convenient when it comes to syllable count. And TH is just absurd, really. Two whole letters used to make one sound?! This is outrageous! English sucks, too bad it’s my first language and I don’t know any other ones well!

  • @kalebhawke1091
    @kalebhawke1091 6 років тому +244

    I always wondered why Thorn wasn't kept. Like having a single letter for th just makes sense

  • @PH4NT0MTH1EF
    @PH4NT0MTH1EF 3 роки тому +1273

    i met someone named “Ræ” and some nerd emoji came over and said, “æ means ash, so your name is rash.”

  • @THEScottCampbell
    @THEScottCampbell 4 роки тому +196

    In Deutsch, "W" is called "vee" and "V" is called "fau", which helps if you want to fake a German accent. It also explains why "Volk" is just "folk" and pronounced the same as in English.

    • @eyb0ss313
      @eyb0ss313 4 роки тому +11

      That's why Father is spelt Vater in German

    • @АмперДыкина
      @АмперДыкина 4 роки тому

      Vladhorn waldhorn

    • @hav431am
      @hav431am 3 роки тому +2

      Y = U P S I L O N

    • @petrichorrs
      @petrichorrs 3 роки тому

      Ηαrrу ατ ЯоБloх I wonder if that’s an actual word lmao

    • @katzenlady5339
      @katzenlady5339 3 роки тому +1

      @@hav431am well, I would say "üpsilon" comes closer 😄

  • @RandomName87126
    @RandomName87126 9 місяців тому +3

    I still use ampersand when writing by hand, though not when typing. Ampersand simply makes writing quicker and easier, plus everybody understands it!

  • @PolyMatter
    @PolyMatter 6 років тому +2474

    I ♡ the ampersand

  • @cannoxgd7391
    @cannoxgd7391 4 роки тому +388

    Yogh: I was dropped out of the alphabet cuz I look like a three
    The letter O that looks like a zero: I don't have such weaknesses

  • @insertcreativenamehere492
    @insertcreativenamehere492 2 роки тому +127

    Fun fact: the order of the alphabet is completely arbitrary, and yet so many things depend on the order never changing, like lists numbered with letters instead of numbers.

    • @ApotheosisJuice
      @ApotheosisJuice Рік тому +5

      Wrong- it’s in alphabetical order.

    • @insertcreativenamehere492
      @insertcreativenamehere492 Рік тому

      @@ApotheosisJuice Wrong- it's in reverse reverse alphabetical order

    • @craiglungren8703
      @craiglungren8703 Рік тому

      If it has to do with the order of a Base System, it would be the 10 single numbers first and then the 26 letters last for the counting lists! 🙂
      For fun, here is what each of the Base Systems look like …
      Base 2: 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1111, 10000, 10001, 10010, 10011, 10100, 10101, 10110, 10111, 11000, 11001, 11010, 11011, 11100, 11101, 11110, 11111, 100000, etc.
      Base 3: 0, 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 100, 101, 102, 110, 111, 112, 120, 121, 122, 200, 201, 202, 210, 211, 212, 220, 221, 222, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1110, 1111, 1112, etc.
      Base 4: 0, 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 100, 101, 102, 103, 110, 111, 112, 113, 120, 121, 122, 123, 130, 131, 132, 133, 200, 201, 202, 203, 210, 211, 212, 213, 220, 221, 222, 223, 230, 231, 232, etc.
      Base 5: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 140, 141, 142, etc.
      Base 6: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, etc.
      (I may get back to this soon)!

    • @stephenfennell
      @stephenfennell Рік тому

      Actually it is not completely random. The order of the Roman alphabet is very similar to that of the Greek alphabet, and not dissimilar to that of Hebrew. The vowels are placed approximately every four letters. Remove letters added after the Romans and you have:
      Abcd Efgh I(jk)lmn Opqrst (u)V(wxyz)
      The Roman V was not the consonant we use it as today but the vowel sound "oo", so Roman V was a vowel. During the Dark Ages or Middle Ages people began to round the shape of the V when writing quickly, and eventually decided to treat rounded U and angular V as two different letters with two different sounds. They gave the vowel sound "oo" to U and made the angular V a consonant.
      Possibly the reason why the last vowel, V, was placed at the end of the alphabet instead of 4 letters after O is that people felt it was satisfying to have one vowel at the beginning (A) and one at the end (V); but I'm only speculating there.
      And as to who decided to arrange the vowels like that, and where to put the other letters, and how this very brainy person managed to get other people to agree with this order, I'm at a loss to know. Hebrew already had an alphabetical order in about 1000 BC when someone wrote Psalm 119, which works through the Hebrew alphabet letter by letter (you will see what I mean if you look it up - it's easier to see than to describe it here). The Greeks also had the concept that alpha was their first letter and omega the last (both of them vowels, interestingly), as we know from the fact that Jesus called himself "the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending" in Revelation 1:8.

    • @lanceuppercut_
      @lanceuppercut_ 11 місяців тому

      @@stephenfennell Actualy V was a semivowel (in the IPA system, /w/)

  • @Patpatpat2023
    @Patpatpat2023 3 місяці тому +1

    English: *Drops æ, ð & þ*
    Icelandic: Whoa! New Letters! *Grabs æ, ð & þ*

  • @monochrometsu
    @monochrometsu 5 років тому +146

    In french, the œ still used, here an example: sœur, but, you can use "soeur" too

    • @jadefortin-rioux8120
      @jadefortin-rioux8120 5 років тому +1

      Cœur

    • @agreattopdog2373
      @agreattopdog2373 5 років тому

      That's the one I thought of

    • @tanline6662
      @tanline6662 5 років тому +4

      I am not French, but I am learning it as my second language, here are two more words with œ
      œuf (egg)
      bœuf (beef)

    • @wordart_guian
      @wordart_guian 5 років тому +2

      Œil (plural: Yeux) is kinda weird.
      However, Soeur is uncorrect, as It should be pronounced [soøR]. It should always be sœur.

    • @chassepot3541
      @chassepot3541 5 років тому

      @@tanline6662 Duolingo?

  • @tylerb1489
    @tylerb1489 5 років тому +229

    I took notes on this vid.
    I can imagine it already
    Parent/teacher: I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH PLS
    Me: *i am*

    • @larkeyyy4942
      @larkeyyy4942 5 років тому

      Hezekiah Rodriguez r/iamverysmart

    • @nope8404-m5q
      @nope8404-m5q 5 років тому

      I shall

    • @krise209
      @krise209 5 років тому

      Mr.Coolguy I want to do this now

  • @graymudkip1015
    @graymudkip1015 4 роки тому +1272

    This guy is the cool, not annoying version of Bright Side

    • @tymccormick2512
      @tymccormick2512 4 роки тому +10

      True

    • @solarplayza2614
      @solarplayza2614 4 роки тому +65

      and factually correct

    • @camdenellis5611
      @camdenellis5611 4 роки тому +9

      That's a fantastic way to describe this guy

    • @utopes
      @utopes 4 роки тому +44

      That implies that you watch the commercialized garbage that is the Bright Side.

    • @CT7056
      @CT7056 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah

  • @Vietnam1976_
    @Vietnam1976_ Рік тому +4

    English:I Gotta Drop Þ, æ, ð
    Icelandic:ITS MINE NOW
    Ampersand is the only the alphabet Became a symbol & it is pronounced as "And"

  • @ph1l69
    @ph1l69 4 роки тому +709

    In Germany we still have the long s. It looks like this: ß/ẞ

    • @soha786sajju
      @soha786sajju 4 роки тому +8

      Yes I know

    • @soha786sajju
      @soha786sajju 4 роки тому +14

      Diego Negrete no both are same

    • @ph1l69
      @ph1l69 4 роки тому +28

      @Diego Negrete No, ẞ is capital and ß ist lowercase.

    • @fettegurke2447
      @fettegurke2447 4 роки тому +10

      Not still its pretty new it was added Like 25 years ago.

    • @ph1l69
      @ph1l69 4 роки тому +9

      @@fettegurke2447 Ich mag deinen Namen

  • @justicecaparros
    @justicecaparros 3 роки тому +955

    “Æ is unused”
    X Æ A-Xii: *that’s offensive*

    • @condude2464
      @condude2464 3 роки тому +27

      X Æ A-XII is Elon musks child name, thank you!

    • @tyuuzolodj4182
      @tyuuzolodj4182 3 роки тому +5

      œ???

    • @Kimi_Mimi
      @Kimi_Mimi 3 роки тому +9

      @@tyuuzolodj4182 it's used by french people

    • @aruekai
      @aruekai 3 роки тому +18

      @@tyuuzolodj4182 Used by Baguette people

    • @Sturniolo_SnC_reposts
      @Sturniolo_SnC_reposts 3 роки тому +4

      Ø å and æ

  • @M43TR1X
    @M43TR1X 6 років тому +211

    There are others aswell, maybe uses in Middle English too!
    ß = Double S = Replaces "Hiss" with "Hiß" = Still used in German in words like "Weiß" meaning "White"
    Ʒ = Double Z = Replaces "Buzz" with "Buʒ"
    Ŵ = W-H Ligature = Replaces "White" with "Ŵite" = Still used in Chichewa in words like "Malaŵi" meaning "Malawi"

    • @want-diversecontent3887
      @want-diversecontent3887 6 років тому +2

      Daniel Basano
      Mice = Mise
      Camera = Kamera
      Church = Curc

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 6 років тому +1

      "З" looks a bit different to the Middle English one, but it means "z" in Cyrillic, too.

    • @rogernoir8819
      @rogernoir8819 6 років тому +4

      Daniel Basano that double s ß is in fact an f and s fs ß it is more clear in text books

    • @Manas-co8wl
      @Manas-co8wl 6 років тому +1

      JIƷ

    • @omgaavocado8665
      @omgaavocado8665 6 років тому

      Daniel Basano thanks

  • @jdh9419
    @jdh9419 Рік тому +3

    If the “GH” in Daughter wasn’t silent, it would be pronounced Doctor

  • @iamzach1832
    @iamzach1832 4 роки тому +1557

    Sees the "Ye Olde" is actually "The Old"
    Everyone: *watches on UA-cam*
    Me: *watches on ThouTube*

    • @mintiistrqwberri5483
      @mintiistrqwberri5483 4 роки тому +14

      Lol

    • @jochannan7379
      @jochannan7379 4 роки тому +52

      I was kind of expecting him to mention that Þ still lives on in the Icelandic (and Faroese?!?) alphabet, just as ð and æ.

    • @YLCCOfficial
      @YLCCOfficial 4 роки тому +8

      The Old=Ye Olde=Þe Olde

    • @user-qy1gw9is4m
      @user-qy1gw9is4m 4 роки тому +4

      @@YLCCOfficial that's what we established bitch

    • @servantofaeie1569
      @servantofaeie1569 4 роки тому

      @@oytismand that is not true.

  • @yuvalmaharshak5566
    @yuvalmaharshak5566 5 років тому +405

    nobody:
    English: let's take out yogh so we can't pronounce Arabic and Hebrew names

    • @fennviktorvich
      @fennviktorvich 5 років тому +2

      Like Jonah yoghanna

    • @marsac_
      @marsac_ 4 роки тому +3

      *Cries In Egyptian*

    • @grimTales1
      @grimTales1 4 роки тому

      Is the 'yogh' why Menzies should really be pronounced Mingis?

    • @Phantom-es4et
      @Phantom-es4et 4 роки тому +1

      M N A Studio *hi fives in egyptian*

    • @proconqueror
      @proconqueror 4 роки тому +1

      יונה

  • @konraarthursson7217
    @konraarthursson7217 6 років тому +932

    þ, ð and æ are used in modern Icelandic today!!!
    þ, ð og æ eru notað á ísland í dag!!!

    • @halfdanmatt
      @halfdanmatt 6 років тому +9

      Konráð Arthúrsson það er hárétt

    • @xwtek3505
      @xwtek3505 6 років тому +25

      This video is about letter dropped in ENGLISH language.

    • @RanmaruRei
      @RanmaruRei 6 років тому +78

      @@xwtek3505, his comment still make sense, IMHO, because English and Icelandic are both Germanic languages.

    • @xwtek3505
      @xwtek3505 6 років тому +5

      @@RanmaruRei Isn't English and Icelandic related only (by orhography) because they both use Latin? In fact English and French is closer to each other (again orthographically). The fact that English and Icelandic are both Germanic is irrelevant as vocabulary, grammar, and phoneme similiarity is relevant here.

    • @RanmaruRei
      @RanmaruRei 6 років тому +18

      These letters was in use long-long before French influence on English. English in those days was a lot different. It even had cases and genders. Just look there (Beowulf on Old English): www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-english-version. Yes it's English and I can't understand even a word. But English is not my native anyway.

  • @SupaJay3
    @SupaJay3 Рік тому +4

    Ah yes, my favourite pokemon trainer
    Æ

  • @plxztm
    @plxztm 5 років тому +163

    I'd actually be fine with 'Thorn' and 'That' coming back

    • @rubabaazfar
      @rubabaazfar 5 років тому +3

      But then it'll be spelled yorn and yat. and i also dont want to buy another keyboard.........

    • @servantofaeie1569
      @servantofaeie1569 5 років тому +5

      @@rubabaazfar no ðey ƿill be spelled þorn and ꝥ.

    • @servantofaeie1569
      @servantofaeie1569 5 років тому +3

      @@rubabaazfar ƿhy cant ƿe briŋ all of ðem bacc

    • @dragonking322
      @dragonking322 5 років тому +5

      Þ is probably the easiest one to bring back really but it'd be hard teaching people to tell it's lower and upercase versions apart Þ þ i mean the lower case looks bigger to boot

    • @bothenumberblockslogoedito1339
      @bothenumberblockslogoedito1339 5 років тому

      That is a thorn.

  • @bella-wm5nt
    @bella-wm5nt 5 років тому +430

    shouldn’t ‘m’ be called ‘double n’
    if ‘w’ is ‘double u’?
    🤔👀
    edit: or rr or double v

    • @craftah
      @craftah 5 років тому +6

      Idk

    • @MisterHunterWolf
      @MisterHunterWolf 5 років тому +2

      it would be called double r. rr. no questions asked, it should be obvious if you watched the video.

    • @craftah
      @craftah 5 років тому +1

      @@bella-wm5nt how the fuck is he salty dude

    • @thattexaco7140
      @thattexaco7140 5 років тому +4

      Art Hugz why isn’t W double v

    • @craftah
      @craftah 5 років тому +1

      @@thattexaco7140 and how do you write W in school? Like double u. Bro you dont write in the paper v and v to make w.

  • @bluemoonhub
    @bluemoonhub 4 роки тому +615

    "Thorn, eth and ash are all dead letters!"
    The Icelandic language: Am I a joke to you?

    • @grottomatic
      @grottomatic 4 роки тому +68

      We need to reintroduce ðese letters into ðe længuage. Æt least I þink so.

    • @callmevbuck4054
      @callmevbuck4054 4 роки тому +13

      The Capital version of Eth is used in Vietnamese.

    • @legalvampire8136
      @legalvampire8136 4 роки тому +4

      What sort of keyboards are used in Iceland? Do they include keys for these letters, which I don't know how to write on the mobile phone I am using to write this?

    • @bluemoonhub
      @bluemoonhub 4 роки тому +15

      @@legalvampire8136 No, the Icelandic keyboard basically just combines two keys to make these letters
      Á É Í Ó Ú Ý
      But there are some that are just for one key
      Ð Þ Æ Ö
      On a mobile phone keyboard, you have to hold in the letter A to type in the letters Á or Æ, E for the letter É and etc. For Þ, you have to hold in T, for Ð you hold in D and for Ö you hold in O

    • @legalvampire8136
      @legalvampire8136 4 роки тому +7

      Þanks for explaining đat. I find it works on my mobilæ phone if I hold the keys down.

  • @avery31415
    @avery31415 Рік тому

    man i watched this video years ago and have just now gotten it recommended to me

  • @benjaminlanda8639
    @benjaminlanda8639 5 років тому +346

    In norwegian this sentence:
    æ e å i a
    means:
    Im also in class A
    So, thats a language
    (in a dialect though)

  • @Joe_Payne
    @Joe_Payne 3 роки тому +306

    "All it takes is stubborn determination" Thats all you had to say. im in.

    • @MCLooyverse
      @MCLooyverse 3 роки тому +8

      I þink you meant "Ðats"

    • @ender5312
      @ender5312 2 роки тому

      @@MCLooyverse your the only person here

    • @MCLooyverse
      @MCLooyverse 2 роки тому

      @@ender5312 ...?

    • @ender5312
      @ender5312 2 роки тому

      @@MCLooyverse …?

    • @ender5312
      @ender5312 2 роки тому

      @@MCLooyverse we are the only people that are replying

  • @tamarius
    @tamarius 5 років тому +511

    Me: *_Clicks Video_*
    Me: _This seems fishy_
    Also Me: _But he sounds smart so is should believe every word that comes outta his mouth_

    • @joseh.749
      @joseh.749 5 років тому +8

      You do know this is copied from an article? Even the jokes

    • @joytothemarshmellows5330
      @joytothemarshmellows5330 5 років тому +2

      Tamarius Online *but how do you know they came out of his mouth*

    • @slayerslayer7623
      @slayerslayer7623 5 років тому +2

      He does get quite a few facts wrong, but he gets þe basic gist of þe letters history.

    • @adainsantana3928
      @adainsantana3928 5 років тому

      This is real so yeah

  • @fabry_0122
    @fabry_0122 Рік тому +3

    Timestamps
    1:16 "ſ" The Long S
    2:28 "&" Ampersand
    3:16 "Þ" Thorn
    4:11 "Ꝥ" That
    4:33 "Ð" Eth
    5:07 "Æ" Ash
    5:42 "Œ" Ethel
    6:10 "Ƿ" Wynn
    7:00 "Ȝ" Yogh
    7:38 "Ŋ" Eng

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 6 років тому +3069

    "You don' mess up, Ææron"

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 6 років тому +342

    *"W, X, Y, Z, AND PER SE AND"*
    Those poor Latin kids...

    • @virtal7348
      @virtal7348 6 років тому +13

      Jay Infinity And they say saying zed at the end is akward sounding.

    • @blankspace1853
      @blankspace1853 6 років тому +9

      I'm still wondering why they didn't just say W X Y & Z. It sounds so much better.

    • @virtal7348
      @virtal7348 6 років тому +4

      If they say W, X, &, Z sounds like you aren't saying & and rather saying and.

    • @rojokalawakan
      @rojokalawakan 6 років тому

      Virtal well you said and as an and still an and so it might be great i think

    • @virtal7348
      @virtal7348 6 років тому

      Esco Royale Ok cool... I think.

  • @marcderiveau9307
    @marcderiveau9307 3 роки тому +165

    We still use “thorn”, “eth” and “ash” in Icelandic.

    • @Tilnaor
      @Tilnaor 3 роки тому +4

      actually as an ESLfrom a country where every sound has its own letter or combination, thorn/eth differentiation would be very logical in English. But English is far from a logical language

    • @spidertransrightsarehumanr5433
      @spidertransrightsarehumanr5433 3 роки тому

      ¤

    • @L1M.L4M
      @L1M.L4M 3 роки тому +1

      Þ Ð Æ
      þ ð æ

    • @eyemoisturizer
      @eyemoisturizer 3 роки тому +1

      lucky

    • @zherean42069
      @zherean42069 3 роки тому +1

      yes

  • @ImGabriels
    @ImGabriels 19 днів тому

    As a Brazilian, who speaks English and is learning Russian, Russian does uses the "З" but it is pronounced like an "Z" sound, like the word: здрасьте (hello). By the way, these video was awesome
    (Sorry for the awful English 😅)

  • @rogerfacer9314
    @rogerfacer9314 6 років тому +269

    2:50
    Wait, couldn't they still sing it like,
    "w, x, y and z"?
    Ampersand does mean 'and'...
    So...

    • @prado7391
      @prado7391 6 років тому +11

      Because ampersand was the last letter and not the penultimate, lol

    • @R.F.9847
      @R.F.9847 6 років тому +16

      Today, we sing "W, X, Y, and Z." Back then, they sang "W, X, Y, Z, and--per se--&." It's the "and--per se--&" that morphed into "ampersand".

    • @NeonBeeCat
      @NeonBeeCat 6 років тому +2

      W X Y & Z

    • @ATERAH
      @ATERAH 6 років тому +1

      in latin its persand v( ' -' )v

    • @lightningstudios113
      @lightningstudios113 6 років тому +1

      Despacito Spider a

  • @cricat3776
    @cricat3776 4 роки тому +890

    English: *drops þ, æ, ð*
    Icelandic: OURS NOW

  • @markschultz2897
    @markschultz2897 5 років тому +452

    Ƿrittiŋ only uſiŋ old letterſ lookſ like ðiſ.

    • @craftah
      @craftah 5 років тому +18

      Its cool

    • @joseaguirre2356
      @joseaguirre2356 5 років тому +52

      'w'riti'ng' only u's'i'ng' old letter's' look's' like 'th'i's' as I Can translate letters

    • @EstEsreil
      @EstEsreil 5 років тому +22

      @@joseaguirre2356 *transliterate

    • @AkumaDayo
      @AkumaDayo 5 років тому +20

      shouldn't it be "þis"

    • @mezoahmedii
      @mezoahmedii 5 років тому +4

      so hard to read man

  • @chnlofrndmvids8282
    @chnlofrndmvids8282 Рік тому +2

    “The combo gh is silent”
    The word ghost: Am I a joke to you?

  • @cas3394
    @cas3394 5 років тому +1952

    "The long s"
    Germans: hold my ßeer

    • @minecraftsteve7342
      @minecraftsteve7342 5 років тому +186

      Ok ßoomer

    • @wizzlelobomon3274
      @wizzlelobomon3274 4 роки тому +199

      Gurshaan Lamba
      Ok ssoomer

    • @arthur_p_dent
      @arthur_p_dent 4 роки тому +92

      The German ß ("Eszett") is a different letter. German once had the "long s" as well and it disappeared for pretty much the same reasons as in English, if much later (only in the 1st half of the 20th century).

    • @annymous-bz2xx
      @annymous-bz2xx 4 роки тому +16

      Sseer

    • @minecraftsteve7342
      @minecraftsteve7342 4 роки тому +15

      @@arthur_p_dent that was joke I already know about the eszett

  • @corpsentry3645
    @corpsentry3645 5 років тому +795

    other people: æon
    me, an intellectual: hA, gæ

  • @ASMRJey
    @ASMRJey 3 роки тому +1293

    Me who speaks German & Icelandic: cries in ß Æ/æ Ð/ð Þ/þ

    • @turbobrickslego
      @turbobrickslego 3 роки тому +54

      i thought Ð meant dogecoin

    • @hexaltheninjawow9531
      @hexaltheninjawow9531 3 роки тому +41

      @@turbobrickslego nah, but then again, the dollar sign is just an S with a line $

    • @AnAlbanianDude
      @AnAlbanianDude 3 роки тому +5

      how to get Đ low case

    • @ASMRJey
      @ASMRJey 3 роки тому +4

      @MoolsDogTwo Uppercase ß doesn’t exist in the German alphabet since there is no use for it. The uppercase ß you posted here is just there to complete the Unicode font but is not in use anywhere.

    • @ASMRJey
      @ASMRJey 3 роки тому +2

      @@AnAlbanianDude I only have it on the Icelandic keyboard so just paste it I guess.

  • @pepsi1893
    @pepsi1893 6 місяців тому

    1:15 Long S (ſ)
    2:27 Ampersand (&)
    3:15 Thorn (Þ þ)
    4:11 That (Ꝥ ꝥ)
    4:33 Eth (Ð ð)
    5:07 Ash (Æ æ)
    5:42 Ethel (Œ œ)
    6:10 Wynn (Ƿ ƿ)
    7:00 Yogh (Ȝ ȝ)
    7:37 Eng (Ŋ ŋ)

  • @Amber_123
    @Amber_123 6 років тому +587

    ƿoƿ! I learned ſo much from þis video!

    • @kenzocervoni9335
      @kenzocervoni9335 6 років тому +17

      wow
      so
      this

    • @JesseAQuam
      @JesseAQuam 6 років тому +11

      How do you write the wynn? And the long s?

    • @Amber_123
      @Amber_123 6 років тому +13

      Jesse A. Quam I just looked up the letters and copied and pasted them.

    • @Kimeters
      @Kimeters 6 років тому +32

      wrong `th` there. `ðis` is correct

    • @CANNYZEROSUGAR
      @CANNYZEROSUGAR 6 років тому +1

      @@JesseAQuam It's not wynn, it's thorn

  • @fluxcarbs7783
    @fluxcarbs7783 5 років тому +744

    Letters that survived by hiding in different languages:
    Æ Œ З & Ð Þ ŋ ƿ

    • @SirMathBoi
      @SirMathBoi 5 років тому +4

      Flux Carbs In which language?

    • @e_e_eli
      @e_e_eli 5 років тому +36

      James Urizar Well. I speak faroese, and we use Æ and Ð, and people from Iceland use thorn.

    • @SirMathBoi
      @SirMathBoi 5 років тому +7

      BeingElian UUOUU

    • @apolloturtle1211
      @apolloturtle1211 5 років тому +21

      @@SirMathBoi Russian still uses З з and Ю ю looks like thorn considering they come from greek this makes sense.

    • @lightningstudios113
      @lightningstudios113 5 років тому +3

      BeingElian ☭

  • @craigwiester9177
    @craigwiester9177 6 років тому +164

    The Latin alphabet is woefully inadequate for English. We have 9 vowel sounds, but only 5 vowel letters. "A" alone has 3 separate sounds. We need the Cyrillic letters "zh", "sh", and "ch". We need the Greek "th". "G" should ONLY be hard, like "game"; why should it sometimes do what "J" is perfectly capable of? The "ng" would be nice. "Q" is useless. "C" is completely unnecessary; it's job can be done with "S and "K".

    • @aple8307
      @aple8307 6 років тому +1

      That’s the English alphabet, not latin.

    • @aple8307
      @aple8307 6 років тому +1

      Grodan Gnaskar I meant the pronunciations aren’t Latin...

    • @aple8307
      @aple8307 6 років тому +1

      Nvm, I just reread the text. I misunderstood

    • @polabora
      @polabora 6 років тому +3

      @Grodan Gnaskar yup english-speakers should know more about voice-speach-tongh possibilities of slavic and other languages to have proper perspective to lettes usage ;)

    • @VladimirJacinthe
      @VladimirJacinthe 6 років тому +1

      In Turkish, "C" is pronouned as /dʒ/ and J is just /ʒ/.
      Also,
      How interesting (or unsettling) would it be if "Q" made the "ch" sound in champion, chess, and challenge.

  • @ShocktoSpectre
    @ShocktoSpectre Рік тому +5

    Þis video has informed me in so many ways. Fr, imaginiŋ trying to use these in ye modern day is pretty surreal & it gets me imagining. It must have been an æon since anyone probably have ðhought to use þhese. Þis video is amazing!

  • @ylovoir5468
    @ylovoir5468 5 років тому +89

    French still has some oddities !
    é, è, ê, ë, à, â, î, ï, æ, ç, ô, œ , and ù ! But they are not considered as letters, they're just like, fancy vowels.

    • @marcellkiss-redey8451
      @marcellkiss-redey8451 5 років тому +7

      Hungarian is also nice: á, é, í, ó, ö, ő, ú, ü, ű. We consider these letters of the alphabet (along with cs, dz, dzs, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty, zs)...

    • @its_a_poncho
      @its_a_poncho 5 років тому

      I honestly thought they were seen as accents like in Spanish :o ! Whoa thats so intresting xD

    • @garethianguy5404
      @garethianguy5404 5 років тому

      Côtes

    • @miko9409
      @miko9409 5 років тому

      accents* and also the newer androids have all those characters including the one in the video and and upside down e :3

    • @alfredorotondo
      @alfredorotondo 5 років тому

      In italian are "lettere accentate" because the thing on the letter are called "accenti"

  • @ananas_anna
    @ananas_anna 4 роки тому +648

    Thorn, Eth, Eng, and Ash need to be brought back. All they do is make spelling easier.

    • @grottomatic
      @grottomatic 4 роки тому +177

      Aside from Ŋ, I hæve to agree wiþ ðis comment. Ðe letter A already makes too many sounds, ænd I æm tired of trying to figure out wheðer a “TH” is voiceless or voiced. Bringing bæck Æ, Þ, ænd Ð will eliminate ðese problems. Þænk you for your input.

    • @thesaltedlamp3444
      @thesaltedlamp3444 4 роки тому +93

      @@grottomatic Honestly, let's do it. Your comment was surprisingly easy to read.

    • @thesaltedlamp3444
      @thesaltedlamp3444 4 роки тому +29

      @@jacobw1780 It's such a cool letter, but I can see why 'Ww' could be used as well. 'Water' sounds like 'uuater', so the 'Ww' makes sense.

    • @thesaltedlamp3444
      @thesaltedlamp3444 4 роки тому +19

      Þ, Đ, and Æ are cool, but I do agree with the historical lang. reformer people about how easy the letter 'Eng' (can't find it on my keyboard, lol) could be confused with the letter 'Nn'.

    • @grottomatic
      @grottomatic 4 роки тому +37

      @@thesaltedlamp3444 Þænks for ðe input. It’s a crying shame how ðese letters were phased out of ðe English længuage but are still used regularly in Iceland. Maybe we could learn someþing from ðem. However, ðere are countless countries where English is commonly spoken, so it would probably take years to reintroduce Æ, Ð, ænd Þ for good. But who knows? Maybe ðe keys needed for ðem will be ædded to computer keyboards common in English-speaking countries. But until ðen, I suppose we’re stuck wiþ cutting ænd pasting from ðe chæracter mæp.

  • @theguywhosaidredbambabamba2662
    @theguywhosaidredbambabamba2662 6 років тому +723

    0:22 is it just me, or does it seem like the alphabet is bigger then that? An illusion, almost. Since it is longer if you spell it out:
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, than it it is on a (roughly, not exactly) 7 by 4 array,
    abcdefg
    hijklmn
    opqrstu
    vwxyz
    It fools my brain into thinking something is missing. Like if it's the same with you.

    • @zellsprouts
      @zellsprouts 6 років тому +10

      Dear Ground That's what I was thinking!

    • @phantomkitten73
      @phantomkitten73 6 років тому +8

      Actually it's the opposite with me, seeing it strung in one line makes it look tiny.

    • @iloveraw_______2734
      @iloveraw_______2734 6 років тому +3

      The last column is just 5 letters so i think thats why

    • @theguywhosaidredbambabamba2662
      @theguywhosaidredbambabamba2662 6 років тому +1

      @@iloveraw_______2734 Well, if we add 2 more letters or characters, it's the same effect:
      abcdefg
      hijklmn
      opqrstu
      wxyzþ&
      Same thing. I see where you were going, though.

    • @gladuix6342
      @gladuix6342 6 років тому

      0:22

  • @visitoranimations
    @visitoranimations Рік тому

    People in 2018: ok letters that were dropped from the alphabet Cool
    People in 2022:LETTER DROPPED FROM THE ALPHABET LORE

  • @tm0396
    @tm0396 5 років тому +241

    In Norway and Denmark we still use «Æ», in addition to Ø and Å. In Sweden they also have the same letters, but Æ and Ø is ä and ö.

    • @goadooo
      @goadooo 5 років тому +15

      in Finland Ä and Ö is used too

    • @jimoberg3326
      @jimoberg3326 5 років тому +3

      Ya, when my grandfather came over on the boat his name was spelled Åberg but they quickly fixed that.

    • @tm0396
      @tm0396 5 років тому +2

      Millennial Conservative Finland isn’t Scandinavian tho

    • @tm0396
      @tm0396 5 років тому

      jim oberg wdym?

    • @jimoberg3326
      @jimoberg3326 5 років тому

      They changed the spelling to Oberg.

  • @okuyasu4033
    @okuyasu4033 3 роки тому +119

    By the way: ‘Ye Old(e)’ is actually a (relatively speaking) modern naming convention, likely used as marketing, and unlikely to have been used in the time of thorn.

    • @aixtom979
      @aixtom979 2 роки тому +12

      Well, in the time of the Thorn it would have been Þe *New* Tavern in town anyway. ;-)

    • @christopherheckman7957
      @christopherheckman7957 2 роки тому

      @@aixtom979 Newe?

    • @shadowyzephyr
      @shadowyzephyr 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah most of the "ye olde" things you see today are just marketing rather than people actually knowing it was supposed to be thorn.
      Back then, people definitely knew it was a thorn and not Y.

    • @okuyasu4033
      @okuyasu4033 2 роки тому +1

      @@shadowyzephyr
      Not even that, back then no one’s shop was named ‘ye olde’. The very phrase ‘ye olde’ was popularised much after thorn fell out of use. It isn’t even a remnant of some far-lost literary times; it’s closer to modern day than it is to thorn.

    • @mettacritclassic3011
      @mettacritclassic3011 2 роки тому +1

      What do you mean unlikely

  • @bofuuu
    @bofuuu 3 роки тому +116

    For anyone wondering, the end music is "See You Soon" by Otis McDonald.

    • @stellalesair9276
      @stellalesair9276 3 роки тому +11

      Never knew that the guy without a Mustache had a counterpart

    • @Vadiylnox
      @Vadiylnox 3 роки тому +2

      Oh my god there's a 3 versions of that mustache dude now

    • @kakyoin7248
      @kakyoin7248 2 роки тому

      Fart

  • @anahills3836
    @anahills3836 Рік тому +3

    As a teacher of grades one and two, trying to teach kids to read, having a single letter for a sound rather than various combinations would be MUCH easier! I think English has terrible spelling. I would love to revamp it and make it totally simple like Spanish. It wouldn't be very practical now though as if it were like that then people with different accents would spell words entirely differently. Ah well.... If it had been done in the first place we probably wouldn't have all these different accents because the way things are written would tell us how to say them.

    • @stephenfennell
      @stephenfennell Рік тому

      I agree. A more phonetic spelling system would make it so much easier for English-speaking children to learn to read and write. Italian children learn to read and write in much less time - less than a year, I think I've heard - compared to English-speaking children because Italian is pronounced almost exactly as it is written, and written almost exactly as it is pronounced. Likewise with other phonetically-written languages including Finnish, and probably even languages that are semi-phonetically written like French. But as you also say, it is probably now far too late to reform our spelling, and the vast geographical spread of its speakers around the world has introduced so many different accents that it would be a fool's game to try to decide which accent to represent phonetically in which word.

  • @LAMarshall
    @LAMarshall 6 років тому +356

    Þæŋks, Auſtin! Ðis ƿas æn intereſtiŋ video! :)

    • @talbotpassant
      @talbotpassant 6 років тому +18

      Translation:
      Thanks, Austin! This has been an interesting video! :)

    • @crisostomodamien
      @crisostomodamien 6 років тому +2

      omg

    • @paulmoffat9306
      @paulmoffat9306 6 років тому +5

      I actually understood that!

    • @TrickShotKoopa
      @TrickShotKoopa 6 років тому +6

      +Mudkip
      no the translation was
      Thanks, Austin! This *was* an interesting video
      Watch the video and you would know that

    • @whydontyoucomehome
      @whydontyoucomehome 6 років тому

      Ryan Wilson and French æÆ œŒ

  • @ms0_u
    @ms0_u 5 років тому +1693

    well at least Spanish Has something that you guys don't have
    *_Ñ_*
    Also: ÁÉÍÓÚ ÏÖÜ

    • @cheerio.9429
      @cheerio.9429 5 років тому +57

      Ñ.

    • @Istoeumapemba
      @Istoeumapemba 5 років тому +233

      And portuguese has something Spanish doesn't have:
      *Ç*

    • @yasmin-ts8so
      @yasmin-ts8so 5 років тому +74

      Istoeumapemba There is a language in Spain (Catalán, which is spoken in Barcelona) in which the ç is used

    • @totalanarchy-yt
      @totalanarchy-yt 5 років тому +67

      Filipino also has that.

    • @dasbanhammer
      @dasbanhammer 5 років тому +57

      Now behold this: Ë.

  • @coffeedino2083
    @coffeedino2083 6 років тому +929

    petition for & to be the 27th letter again
    also fœtus

    • @zerosmess
      @zerosmess 6 років тому +67

      dænk mœmes

    • @fandomguy8025
      @fandomguy8025 6 років тому +9

      Whenever I saw that when I was younger I pronounced it Foe-tus.

    • @sawesomer7584
      @sawesomer7584 6 років тому +10

      œ is used for the word sœur (=sister) in french but we doesnt use that much so we just write soeur

    • @skinnybuggo
      @skinnybuggo 6 років тому +3

      just use ñ like we despacito speakers lul

    • @joshuayue854
      @joshuayue854 6 років тому +6

      coffeedino yœtuf the fœtuf

  • @GameabillityDev
    @GameabillityDev Рік тому +1

    6:00 turn it sideways
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
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    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
    GET OUT OF MY HEAD
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  • @DylanSnider
    @DylanSnider 3 роки тому +161

    "Yogh looks too much like a three."
    Meaningwhile, capital i and lowercase L
    I l

  • @smush1107
    @smush1107 4 роки тому +111

    Finally the question I have asked since I was a child is answered. "Why isn't 'w' called double-v?"

    • @dlmhdlmd
      @dlmhdlmd 3 роки тому +7

      it may look like two v’s, but the sound is two u’s. simple, honestly!

    • @jacobw1780
      @jacobw1780 3 роки тому +10

      ſame

    • @maxreenoch1661
      @maxreenoch1661 3 роки тому +4

      Jan Misali has a video essay on the origin letter w over on his/their channel.
      #notsponsored

    • @Solid_Fuel
      @Solid_Fuel 3 роки тому +1

      It is in Norwegian

    • @zachalexisgaming2439
      @zachalexisgaming2439 3 роки тому +4

      It is in french

  • @amayasnep
    @amayasnep 5 років тому +46

    1:59
    So let me get this straight. According to those rules using "f" (closest thing I got on my keyboard), then you'd spell "Mississippi" and "Mississauga" as "Mifsifsippi" and "Mifsifsauga"?
    That just ain't right.

    • @yuikoo0613
      @yuikoo0613 4 роки тому

      yes

    • @Brigglesbitch
      @Brigglesbitch 4 роки тому

      Oh my god

    • @ExperimentIV
      @ExperimentIV 4 роки тому

      i mean thats basically what ß is - a long s connected to a short s. it’s two Ss

    • @dylwhs
      @dylwhs 4 роки тому +1

      Great for lisps.

    • @marccolten9801
      @marccolten9801 4 роки тому

      Milfissippi? Well I know where I'm going on my next vacation.

  • @presionad0
    @presionad0 10 місяців тому

    This video became my favorite removed letters video

  • @duolingobird8196
    @duolingobird8196 3 роки тому +431

    "ash fell out common use yet is still around in other dialect"
    X Æ A-Xii: are you sure about that

    • @xXxLebDieSekundexXx
      @xXxLebDieSekundexXx 3 роки тому +9

      Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic would also like to have a word

    • @bidoof367
      @bidoof367 3 роки тому +3

      @@xXxLebDieSekundexXx those are literally entire languages. they have tons of words.

    • @reptilianexotics9921
      @reptilianexotics9921 3 роки тому +5

      Is that's elons son?

    • @yuh.favorite
      @yuh.favorite 3 роки тому

      @@reptilianexotics9921 yes

    • @JayeEllis
      @JayeEllis 3 роки тому +1

      A name is not common to a language so much as to a culture. Or not so common, as the case may be.

  • @Otterly_Sleepy
    @Otterly_Sleepy 5 років тому +37

    I always use the &. It’s casually my favorite and just makes writing so much easier

    • @kjl3080
      @kjl3080 5 років тому +1

      Vammy11 but you just used &

    • @genericname9919
      @genericname9919 5 років тому

      @@kjl3080 I think what he/she meant is that she/he uses it as for writing by hand not by texting

  • @LostSwiftpaw
    @LostSwiftpaw 6 років тому +291

    Uuould you look at that

    • @Phroton
      @Phroton 6 років тому +10

      Did you mean "ƿould you look at þat"

    • @Phroton
      @Phroton 6 років тому

      "ꝥ" is only used for bibles.

    • @Phroton
      @Phroton 6 років тому

      But stop using it. It is not very frequent for writing as normal. You must use "þat"

    • @Phroton
      @Phroton 6 років тому

      So, we shall start a fiȝt riȝt?

    • @Doovi
      @Doovi 6 років тому

      uuouu

  • @jdh9419
    @jdh9419 Рік тому +3

    Wait, Æ is pronounced Ash? I always thought it was pronounced AE!