Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth

thomas@MERMAID-PRODUCTIONS.COM writes:

>
> BTW, back to the letters thorn and edh, it bears pointing out that
> although Faroese uses the letter edh (the only language other than
> Icelandic, AFAIK, to do so) it is there for etymological purposes only;
> it is silent in pronunciation, the sounds /T/ and /D/
> having been
> completely lost.
>
> Thomas
Does Croatian count for another language that uses Eth? It's pronounced /dZ/ of
course, but the letter certainly looks Eth-like.

Elliott Lash

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