We had a letter for "TH" :) Gutenberg spoke German so it (thorn) didn't make it into moveable type. For a while we got by with "Y" (hence "ye olde", which is pronounced "the old"), but then went with "TH".
On 18 October 2010 07:57, Miroslav Pokorny <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Matthew Farwell > <matt...@farwell.co.uk>wrote: > >> I thought that was what Americans did? :-) >> >> light -> lite >> sulphur -> sulfur >> tyre -> tire >> colour -> color >> >> We apologise for interupting this serious conversation with an inane >> comment. Please note the smiley in this remark. >> >> Matthew. >> >> > Hi Matthew,, > > eheh those are minor changes, i was talking about a real reform that would > be more faithful to the spoke word, like say introducing a letter for "th" > and so on. If we examine the differences they are very minute and for all > practical purposes not incompatible in anyway. > > ! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald - j...@joshmcdonald.info - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
