[PW] ?use and disappearance of the thorn in ye olde North America

[Sue Kamm]

There is some discussion about thorn (letter) on this page from Answers.com: 
http://www.answers.com/thorn?gwp=12&method=2
or http://tinyurl.com/69or6g

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jules Siegel <jules at cafecancun.com>
>Sent: May 20, 2008 9:48 AM
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>Subject: Re: [PW] ?use and disappearance of the thorn in ye olde North	America
>
>John Henderson wrote:
>> A professor is trying to document the use of the Anglo-Saxon letter  
>> "thorn," specifically in English North America. 
>Is it Anglo-Saxon (a language that may not have existed at all in the 
>sense that it is used today) or Old English?
>
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