THE English alphabet used to have extra letters that have been lost as centuries went by. While today our alphabet consists of 26 letters, the people of Middle Age Britain had an additional six cha… ...

Back in the day, the English alphabet had thorns. November 12, ... The thorn was from the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ... despite its valiant effort to replace the doubled "u" in Old English.

Australia English; Canada English; Canada ... Mysterious 200-Year-Old Runes Found in Canadian Wilderness. Rebecca McPhee. Mon, June 23, ... He realized the symbols were Futhark alphabet runes, ...

The stone could offer clues into when the runic alphabet was developed. ... A 2,000-year-old rune stone found in Norway could be the oldest ever, and give a glimpse into ancient writing systems.