Scandinavia and the World
Scandinavia and the World

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Kyno50

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Nothing is Perfect 16 7, 1:29pm

The funny thing is that the English alphabet originally had the letter thorn (the weird p that Iceland is saying) but we got rid of it as it wouldn't fit on our printing press as it was incredibly tall. Because the character was right next to 'y' in the alphabet it was replaced with 'y' and the sound thorn made was the 'th' sound. Which is why you see a lot of signs that say 'Ye' when in actuality they are saying 'The'