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This topic was just recently discussed in what is probably my favorite non-engineering podcast, the History of English Podcast: https://historyofenglishpodcast

• tclancy 5y ago
  Came here to say the same! I learned my name starts with a Th because it’s a thorn, not a th.
  • SamBam 5y ago
    But a thorn simply changed to a th, and was pronounced the same, no? The pronunciations for Þ are [θ] and [ð], which are spelled as "th" in modern English. ([θ] is "th" as in "think" and [ð] is "th" as in "father). So I'm unsure what you mean by "My 'Th' comes from 'thorn', not 'th'". The digraph "th" simply underwent a shift in Old English to spelling it with Þ, and then shifted back to "th". (On a related note, though, it's always funny when "Ye olde shoppe" is pronounced differently that "the old shop." The "y" is simply a version of the thorn Þ, which was pronounced "th", and the ending "e"s were not pronounced.)
• Mimmy 5y ago
  Slightly off-topic but what's your favourite engineering podcasts?