• _NoName_@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    I think It was common in middle English to omit the ‘e’, leaving it to context for the reader to infer the meaning. I see this in alot of shorthand and other alphabets like Shavian.

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      9 days ago

      leaving it to context for the reader to infer the meaning

      So the same way we differentiate between the two sounds “th” can make?