William Darbyshire Thorn has written:
'The sailor's alphabet'
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English uses a modified Roman alphabet. The old English alphabet, with its eth and thorn, is extinct, preserved as the "y" ( really a thorn, or th ) in pseudo-archaic signs for Ye Olde Teae Shoppe.
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The letter thorn is a letter that appeared in the Old English, Old Norse and Gothic alphabets it also appeared in Icelandic alphabets. The Icelandic language is the only living language to still thorn, it is the thirtieth letter of their alphabet. It is also noted that it is never used at the end of a word.
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The thorn pricked his finger. The catcalls were a thorn in his side.
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To remove a thorn from a finger, begin by checking to see if the thorn can be grabbed with a pair of tweezers. Then, grip the thorn and pull gently from the finger.
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