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

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting John Henderson <jhenderson at ithaca.edu>:

> A professor is trying to document the use of the Anglo-Saxon letter
> "thorn," specifically in English North America.

According to the OED, the use of this runic letter went obsolete in the 
15th century. Its hokey residue in the 17th century and beyond in North 
America is likely to be about the same as the occurrence of "e" in Ye 
Olde Library.

John Dyson