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288: Letters Lost
English used to look a lot different. We used to use a lot of letters that no longer exist. They had names like eth, wynn, thorn, and ash. Ben, Kylie, and Daniel talk about what they looked like, how they sounded… and ampersand‘s secret past. It’s all happening on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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By Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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English used to look a lot different. We used to use a lot of letters that no longer exist. They had names like eth, wynn, thorn, and ash. Ben, Kylie, and Daniel talk about what they looked like, how they sounded… and ampersand‘s secret past. It’s all happening on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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