10 Letters That We Dropped From The Alphabet

ALTERNATIVE SPELLING: 10 Letters Ðat Wœ Dropped From Ðe Alphabet

# **Basic Information**

**10 Letters That We Dropped From The Alphabet** is the sixty-third (63rd) video of the Master Raney channel. Master Raney goes over the lost letters of the Latin script and suggests some to be brought back.

# **Plot**

Master Raney starts off with questioning if anyone knew that the alphabet once had 36 letters, then states that the modern time is down to 26. Master Raney states that some of the archaic letters should be brought back. Master Raney starts with the letter thorn (Þ, þ), which he refers to Ye Olde Brick Tavern. Master Raney points out that the "TH" phonic makes two different sounds, which he also points out that the thorn makes the voiceless TH sound in words like "thought", "thick", "thumb", and even "thorn". Master Raney claims that the letter thorn should return to the alphabet. Madmam tells Master Raney that if her fraternal twin brother, Madman, hears the proposal, he'll think he's demanding the letter back, which Master Raney replies a justifying message indirectly to Madman that he's just pointing out his opinion. Professor Demon brings up that his brother, Speed Demon, wouldn't mind and can easily get used to the change of the alphabet that Master Raney was proposing. Master Raney moves onto the letter eth (Ð, ð), which he points out that being the other TH sound variant, demonstrating words like "this", "that", "mother", and "father". Master Raney distinguishes the TH sounds using some words. Master Raney claims that letter eth should also be brought back into the alphabet. Master Raney moves onto letter ampersand (&), which he points out that it's known today as the "and" symbol. Master Raney points out that the ampersand used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet right after letter Z. Master Raney demonstrates, using the end of the nursery song, the ABC's, exampling it with the letter ampersand, which was pointed out to sound as "per se" and Master Raney demonstrates by saying "W, X, Y, Z, and per se and". Master Raney explicitly finds the letter useless and suggests leaving it out of the alphabet. Master Raney moves onto the letter that (Ꝥ, ꝥ), which Master Raney also finds useless because it was only used in place of the word "that" in every sentence. Master Raney points out that the letter is found somewhere in the bible and was used in religious writings. Master Raney moves onto letter ash (Æ, æ), which is obviously the A and E smashed together. Master Raney points out that it was used in words like "Encyclopedia", "Aeroplane (Airplane)", and "Eon" and the letter A in the letter ash sounding like the short A sound, using three words for demonstration. Master Raney found the letter too useless for the Latin script in the English language. Master Raney moves onto the letter ethel (Œ, œ), which Master Raney points out the letter pronounced as the long E sound, used in words with a single E pronounced as "ee", like "fetus", "evil", and "electronic", which he points out the pronunciation depending on Latin or Greek. Master Raney insists the letter ethel being brought back into the alphabet for the convenience of the letter E. Master Raney moves onto the letter yogh (Ȝ, ȝ), which Master Raney says could make the Y sound and made the C sound in "Bach" and "loch". Master Raney points out that the letter yogh was also used in place of the GH in words like "right", "night", "thought", "daughter", and "laughter". Master Raney insists bringing back the letter yogh, then moves onto the letter long S ( ſ ), which Master Raney points out that it may look a little like an F, which he points out that being why the long S was dropped from the alphabet. Master Raney points out that the long S was used to replace the single S or the first S or both S's in the double S. Master Raney insists bringing back the long S, but with one difference, using it in place of the double S in every word containing it like the eszett (ß) used in the German language. Master Raney moves onto the letter eng (Ŋ, ŋ), which was used in place of the "ng" phonic in words containing it, created by Alexander Gill the Elder in 1690. Master Raney points out the popularity of the letter G, bringing up printers struggling with completing the design of the letter and readers struggling with distinguishing the letter N and eng. Master Raney insists bringing back the letter eng as he points out that he can see the difference. Lastly, Master Raney moves onto the letter wynn (Ƿ, ƿ), which he points out that the letter was temporarily used after disapproval of the letter "uu" by the scribes. Master Raney points out that letter wynn became the letter we know today, the letter W, and states that there's no way to bring back the letter wynn because the W has replaced the letter. Master Raney recaps the six letters he thought should be brought back into the alphabet, but suddenly, a news headline pops up on his phone and says that suddenly, the alphabet has officially gone up from 26 letters to 32 letters, which means that Master Raney successfully brought back the alphabet letters he wanted, which he says is only in *his* universe. Breaking the fourth wall, Master Raney tells the audience that their world only has 26 letters of the alphabet still. Master Raney gets a congratulatory text message from the Project Commission, reading it aloud and seeing that the six letters that returned to the alphabet have been used in the text message. Master Raney states that the background texts in the next videos will contain these six letters as well as the 26 known letters.

# **Trivia**

* This video reveals the siblings of some members of the Master Raney crew
* The six letters brought back in the alphabet are only used in Master Raney videos