12 Letters that Did Not make the American English Alphabet - Page 2

Yoth

Yoth
Yogh stood for a sort of throaty noise that was common in Middle English words that sounded like the "ch" in "Bach" or Scottish "loch."

French scholars weren't fans of our weird non-Latin letters and started replacing all instances of yogh with "gh" in their texts. When the throaty sound turned into "f" in Modern English, the "gh" was left behind."

Ash

Ash
You're probably familiar with this guy from old-fashioned Greek or Roman style text, especially the kind found in churches. It's even still used stylistically in words today, like æther and æon.

French scholars weren't fans of our weird non-Latin letters and started replacing all instances of yogh with "gh" in their texts. When the throaty sound turned into "f" in Modern English, the "gh" was left behind."

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