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Episode 97: Lost Letters: Ash (Æ, æ) and Ethel (Œ, œ)

Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

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The lost letters v, thorn, win, insular, g and yoge all represent consonants. Today we'll be looking at two lost letters that represent vowels - ash ethel and sh. There's still about a week and a half left to sign up for the virtual latin one o one course taught by harvard ph d. We've hit our minimum number of enrolles and will be starting the first class on june third. Classes will be held weekly on thursdays at seven p m Eastern time for eight weeks.

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