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😆 Who knew a dead letter could have its own sob story? Welcome to the thrilling saga of "yogh," a character so obscure it could make a spelling bee champ break a sweat. 📚 But let's be real, English spelling is already a circus without needing to revive alphabet dinosaurs. 🦖
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The strangest letter of the alphabet

The rise and fall of yogh

Dead Language Society

Hacker News Oct 2

The strangest letter of the alphabet: The rise and fall of yogh

https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/history-of-letter-yogh

#HackerNews #strangestletter #yogh #historyoflanguage #linguistics #alphabet

The strangest letter of the alphabet

The rise and fall of yogh

Dead Language Society

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ospalh Jan 14, 2023

@escript140
Funktioniert so ähnlich wie dieser hier

There wis a young lassie named Menzies,
That askit her aunt whit this thenzies.
Said her aunt wi a gasp,
“Ma dear, it's a wasp,
An you're haudin the end whaur the stenzies!”

#Menȝies #yogh #ȝ #pronunciation
#limerick #notLewd #menzies

ospalh Oct 28, 2022

Das ist verwirrend
#Ruchazie. Das ist ein Ortsteil in #Glasgow. Mit dem »z«, das war doch bestimmt mal ein ȝ, und wird bestimmt mit /ŋ/ ausgesprochen, wie Menzies/Menȝies, oder mit /g/, /ɣ/ oder /j/. Irgendwas g-artiges halt.

Wikipedia: /rʌxˈheɪzi/
Oder auch nicht.

Wikipedia weiter:
/rʌxeɪjɪ/ … original #Scots spelling, Ruchaȝie
Oder doch.

#yogh #ȝ #aussprache

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ospalh Jul 22, 2022

Via the #BBC
“But in the case of #Menzies it's purely arbitrary, says Ms Robinson, who advises to always check.” (… if a person’s name is prnounst /ˈmɪŋɪs/ or /ˈmɛnziːz/)
Of course Wikipedia is *not* doing it.
Lots of Menzies, and, especially for those not from Scotland you hav no idea how to say it.

#beep
#yogh #ȝ #Menȝies

ospalh Jul 22, 2022

#TIL Men“z”ies = Menȝies

There wis a young lassie named Menzies,
That askit her aunt whit this thenzies.
Said her aunt wi a gasp,
"Ma dear, it's a wasp,
An you're haudin the end whaur the stenzies

#Scots #yogh #limerick