minus-square@trxxruraxvrlink3•edit-22 months agoThe first printing presses were from Germany, and thus didn’t have letters that don’t exist in German. Y was used only because the in the font common at that time it was the letter that looked most like the thorn, it was never pronounced as a y.
The first printing presses were from Germany, and thus didn’t have letters that don’t exist in German. Y was used only because the in the font common at that time it was the letter that looked most like the thorn, it was never pronounced as a y.
Oh that’s a interesting fact!