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If you go back a bit further you start seeing some things like that in English, for instance the thorn[1] and a "long s"[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by Nition 7y ago
If you go back a bit further you start seeing some things like that in English, for instance the thorn[1] and a "long s"[2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
- ordu 7y agoIt is striking for me to see that alphabet might be changed without intervention of a state.
- Nition 7y agoHere's the start of the Wycliffe Bible from the 14th century: > In þe firſte made God of nouȝt heuene and erþe. Þe erþe forſoþe was veyn wiþ ynne and void, and derkneſſis weren vpon þe face of þe ſee; and þe ſpiryt of God was born vpon þe watrys. And God ſeide, Be maad liȝt; and maad is liȝt. NIV Bible (20th century): > In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.