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  • Some letters of the alphabet aren't in the alphabet. Here's how.
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Комментарии • 27 тыс.

  • @solberione
    @solberione 3 года назад +3514

    Th: *Exists*
    Þ: *_"AND I TOOK ÞAT PERSONALLY."_*

  • @chloemydear
    @chloemydear 3 года назад +4349

    When you want to write "p"
    But accidentally write "b"

    • @someone-ce7uu
      @someone-ce7uu 3 года назад +54

      or q

    • @lordnehmi5890
      @lordnehmi5890 3 года назад +39

      And why was I using this ‘thorn’ as a variable in math problems thinking it's just a lower case p 🙂

    • @LordS20000
      @LordS20000 3 года назад +20

      Þ

    • @theobserver314
      @theobserver314 3 года назад

      @@someone-ce7uu
      Or d.

    • @mairen1
      @mairen1 3 года назад +1

      Pbq

  • @St1diot
    @St1diot 9 месяцев назад +125

    Þere is no way that þorn can be overlooked like this. I love þorn so much it makes me angry that not everyone uses þorn on a daily basis

    • @romenyesayan3855
      @romenyesayan3855 7 месяцев назад +7

      Why do people hate it too much and þey are not using it?

    • @Jintythebestengine
      @Jintythebestengine 5 месяцев назад

      Holy shit if you’re gonna be a pervert along side the legendary Glenn Quagmire please keep it to yourself

    • @somerobloxdude3699
      @somerobloxdude3699 5 месяцев назад +11

      Þorn is so good imo

    • @Jintythebestengine
      @Jintythebestengine 5 месяцев назад

      Porn*

    • @user-xp8vf7tb9b
      @user-xp8vf7tb9b 5 месяцев назад +22

      þorn has taken over my life. Ive shown my kids þorn and now they can’t stop.

  • @duckdeity9450
    @duckdeity9450 4 месяца назад +13

    Remember everybody: Þorn and eð are two different þings! Þorn is soft and Ð (ð) is hard (vibrates)

  • @NovemberEighty
    @NovemberEighty 3 года назад +3815

    Creepers be like: ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ

    • @ignoranceisbliss5578
      @ignoranceisbliss5578 3 года назад +49

      Þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ

    • @armageddon_gaming
      @armageddon_gaming 3 года назад +25

      And they also play a creepy vr game where you lick everything. And it's disturbing

    • @landussy7
      @landussy7 3 года назад +32

      ẞßßßßßßßßßßßßßß

    • @magiizine
      @magiizine 3 года назад +45

      CREEPER
      AWWWWWW MAN

    • @Kristinemoo
      @Kristinemoo 3 года назад +6

      @@magiizine YESS

  • @helio3928
    @helio3928 3 года назад +17882

    The best letter to explain a frogge.

  • @mr.theking2484
    @mr.theking2484 10 месяцев назад +39

    I had a debate with my English teacher last year on how bad English is as a written language, and that many old yet incredibly useful letters were discarded because of European dominance. I also talked about how w and r are technically also vowels sometimes, you should look it up.
    Also rip þat I didn't get to use þorn until pointing it out :(

    • @captaincole4511
      @captaincole4511 7 месяцев назад

      “English is a terrible language”
      (Writes essay in english and speaks english trying to prove it sucks.)

    • @joanxsky2971
      @joanxsky2971 7 месяцев назад

      @@captaincole4511Its not a bæd language but þe way it’s written is just a mess. I suggest we bring bæck þe letters æ and þ because þey look cool ænd þey are more efficient ænd just better yk what I mean?

    • @patriciahmota
      @patriciahmota 3 месяца назад

      @@joanxsky2971 It Iz Uhmeshuhraghblull þe þakth þath uii Chan Uz þemm þe chourehcht whuai, ieht wuih ghomblithelly Mizzphelh þem hand Ssthilh Saoundh þe Saem, whurd ar wuirrd (try to read this)

    • @joanxsky2971
      @joanxsky2971 3 месяца назад

      @@patriciahmota I understand the first 2 words and after that absolutely nothing😭💀

    • @kolinaspronok
      @kolinaspronok 2 месяца назад

      It is unmesarable the fact that you can use them the correct way, ______ completely misspell them and still sound the same, words are weird

  • @toast_stealer
    @toast_stealer 4 месяца назад +3

    If we’re bringing þ back þen we should also bring back ð

  • @takethe3lle
    @takethe3lle 3 года назад +9134

    “Every rose has its þ”

    • @Arrijoyyy
      @Arrijoyyy 3 года назад +78

      "Haha nice!"

    • @nocturne.nocturnal
      @nocturne.nocturnal 3 года назад +29

      Is your name a Lovecraft reference?

    • @alexandergabriel2323
      @alexandergabriel2323 3 года назад +20

      How did you do tha

    • @takethe3lle
      @takethe3lle 3 года назад +47

      @@nocturne.nocturnal no believe it or not that is my actual given name. I always throw in my middle name (Ryan) when ever I try and do anything creative like releasing music to avoid that confusion.

    • @takethe3lle
      @takethe3lle 3 года назад +21

      @@alexandergabriel2323 I looked up the name of the letter and then copy an pasted it into my comment.

  • @its_kumar_babyyy
    @its_kumar_babyyy 3 года назад +2485

    “imagine you’re seventh century Latin speaking Christian missionary”

    • @devilsadvocate6381
      @devilsadvocate6381 3 года назад +50

      Yep, uh huh, okay, got it...

    • @tsukikoamagiri
      @tsukikoamagiri 3 года назад +44

      "Insert quote from the video"

    • @louisauffret
      @louisauffret 3 года назад +53

      sevenÞ*

    • @mlgmike5755
      @mlgmike5755 3 года назад +10

      Thanks bro i could hear the exact thing he said in the vid

    • @ZeldaboyOG
      @ZeldaboyOG 3 года назад +5

      I'm trying to but I can't understand anything I'm saying.

  • @Chloetherandomnerd
    @Chloetherandomnerd 6 месяцев назад +7

    þis vid is such inspirational. Þank you for reminding us þat our dear friend þ still exists. Even þo þis was 5 years ago

    • @cloud5464
      @cloud5464 5 месяцев назад

      “Thank” “tho”

  • @letemmiedu34
    @letemmiedu34 9 месяцев назад +3

    as a french, I'm proud that I have delete a letter
    *evil laughter*

  • @thebluething2492
    @thebluething2492 3 года назад +42780

    Maybe the real þ was the friends we made along the way.

    • @tobiasgehring2462
      @tobiasgehring2462 3 года назад +1274

      Maybe þe real friends were þe Þs we wrote along þe way

    • @falconstarr2146
      @falconstarr2146 3 года назад +402

      I read this comment before watching the video so I don't know anything about what this letter sounds like. So when I read this comment there was this weird blank space in my brain when I got to it. Like I read it as an absence. It was weird.

    • @heaven_ly
      @heaven_ly 3 года назад +121

      @@falconstarr2146 I read it like p for some reason 😂

    • @ericnielsen4868
      @ericnielsen4868 3 года назад +66

      Why is this two year old video from a channel with only this content in our recommendations?

    • @curiss3112
      @curiss3112 3 года назад +47

      @@ericnielsen4868 everyone: Why is this unknown video In my recommend?
      RUclips: Yes

  • @nowlfarver
    @nowlfarver 3 года назад +39206

    :þ is superior to :p

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 3 года назад +3339

      þorn, meaning thorn ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

    • @GabrielDipo
      @GabrielDipo 3 года назад +220

      @@tatotaytoman5934 it's emoji

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 3 года назад +1003

      @@GabrielDipo did you get the joke i made there

    • @idiotbag2002
      @idiotbag2002 3 года назад +107

      Þ is the best vharactee

    • @osanixian1499
      @osanixian1499 3 года назад +50

      ICELAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!!

  • @TheSoviet0nion
    @TheSoviet0nion 10 месяцев назад +5

    We need big RUclipsrs to unite and bring thorn back

  • @umfa9817
    @umfa9817 10 месяцев назад +2

    In THe grave it belongs, and in THe grave it shall remain

  • @DavidCornell1
    @DavidCornell1 3 года назад +940

    The answer to “why?” should always be “Short answer, the French.”

    • @sweerpotato6889
      @sweerpotato6889 3 года назад +46

      *þe french

    • @kaboom1255
      @kaboom1255 3 года назад +11

      @@sweerpotato6889 *Þe answer

    • @juuls1028
      @juuls1028 3 года назад +7

      Why did germany lost WW2? Not because of the French

    • @toast4531
      @toast4531 3 года назад +3

      @@juuls1028 Þe french*

    • @laamonftiboren4236
      @laamonftiboren4236 3 года назад +2

      “Why is the sky blue?”
      “Short answer, the French.”

  • @Aniceyoghurt
    @Aniceyoghurt 3 года назад +2093

    if you’re wondering what the runes at the start mean:
    ”oi bruv”
    ”feck off”
    ”bloody heck”
    ”wot is a jesus”

    • @fgrey-
      @fgrey- 3 года назад +29

      Lmao

    • @thecakeofcommunism503
      @thecakeofcommunism503 3 года назад +76

      “Wot is jesus” lmao

    • @vernedictb.valentine2057
      @vernedictb.valentine2057 3 года назад +15

      Wait you can Write in Runes? I didn't know that

    • @user-pn7jz9vr2z
      @user-pn7jz9vr2z 3 года назад +11

      @@vernedictb.valentine2057 regular englishman cant my рускии товарищ, idk how does he know this

    • @Aniceyoghurt
      @Aniceyoghurt 3 года назад +10

      @@vernedictb.valentine2057 runes aren’t used in english anymore, but you can still write with them for fun! :)

  • @Cody-5501
    @Cody-5501 Месяц назад +1

    Þey don’t know the power of þ

  • @dylanpowers8282
    @dylanpowers8282 Месяц назад

    Þank you, Textuary Plum. We have longed to revive þe beloved Þ into our language, it shall arise again.
    Amen.

  • @casper9181
    @casper9181 3 года назад +1775

    That’s just the letter I write when I accidentally write “p”, but I need it to be a “b” and don’t want to erase my mistake

  • @JannieKannie
    @JannieKannie 3 года назад +2320

    Plot twist:
    RUclips is reccomending this video to everyone so that we would start using thorn

    • @PlentyOfGarlic
      @PlentyOfGarlic 3 года назад +37

      If so, I'm not going to resist þis

    • @TheMrMe1
      @TheMrMe1 3 года назад +17

      @Rafael Sadique I'm Icelandic so I don't have to imagine anyþing, it's just reality to me :þ

    • @matheusmeirelles8500
      @matheusmeirelles8500 3 года назад +12

      Let's do þis, þis letter is easier and more beautiful þan "th"

    • @okhi5090
      @okhi5090 3 года назад +5

      Þe world Must embrace þis

    • @amxthyst_heart4009
      @amxthyst_heart4009 3 года назад +3

      @@TheMrMe1 þats pretty cool

  • @MALKMIN_THE_MILKMAN
    @MALKMIN_THE_MILKMAN 7 месяцев назад +1

    Technically it was brought back in the Halloween movies

  • @Therivalempire
    @Therivalempire 27 дней назад

    Þorn sounds so awesome! What a shame it’s forgotten.

  • @probablylucky6671
    @probablylucky6671 3 года назад +340

    "No mom I swear I was looking up þorn"

    • @junebuggy1
      @junebuggy1 3 года назад +6

      om-

    • @thelivingdead1728
      @thelivingdead1728 3 года назад +27

      Þis is so cringe

    • @babycar3283
      @babycar3283 3 года назад

      @@thelivingdead1728 how do I get the icon

    • @naomigwolfe8112
      @naomigwolfe8112 3 года назад +5

      @@babycar3283 if you are in mobile hold "t" until a little menu pops ups and hold and move to the þ. If on pc click right mouse over a highlighted something and click to "symbol" part of the menu.. :) have a great day! GL

    • @babycar3283
      @babycar3283 3 года назад

      @@naomigwolfe8112
      it’s ok I don’t need it right now.......

  • @blufish2033
    @blufish2033 3 года назад +1527

    þis guy: “þ”
    1 million people: *”interesting”*

    • @rolutarboi1306
      @rolutarboi1306 3 года назад +15

      Am not, cuz your joke is overuse

    • @feyg0
      @feyg0 3 года назад +3

      P

    • @feyg0
      @feyg0 3 года назад +2

      @@rolutarboi1306
      +1

    • @Kedi-qz4cr
      @Kedi-qz4cr 3 года назад +10

      Haha we got a fucking comedian here

    • @cybermyst1c
      @cybermyst1c 3 года назад +1

      Wait how did it get another 100,000 views in 6 hours?

  • @L_f_h_yt
    @L_f_h_yt Месяц назад +1

    I knew þis already but i wanted to watch

  • @Mehwncbunen
    @Mehwncbunen 10 дней назад

    ð and Þ be the best duo

  • @Naokarma
    @Naokarma 3 года назад +4199

    Þis ƿhy ƿe need to bring back þorn. Let's do þis.

  • @kaproskarleto5136
    @kaproskarleto5136 3 года назад +1627

    "It kinda looks like the letter Y"
    Me: "no it kinda looks like a b and a p fused together....because that's exactly what it is"

    • @ikosaheadrom
      @ikosaheadrom 3 года назад +31

      Finally some one gets it

    • @ariarimeowmeow
      @ariarimeowmeow 3 года назад +25

      I think they meant the old english letter looked like Y because if you took away the top half that's what it would look like

    • @kaproskarleto5136
      @kaproskarleto5136 3 года назад +5

      @@ariarimeowmeow a backwards y

    • @mub8445
      @mub8445 3 года назад +7

      b and p pronounced together at the same time would actually be V

    • @ImranZakhaev9
      @ImranZakhaev9 3 года назад +2

      It's because the only way to read text was for someone else to write it in ink, with a quill. If you write a thorn quickly you can accidentally flatten the loop a little and it looks like a y

  • @cherrym1069
    @cherrym1069 Месяц назад +1

    Þ is back!

  • @NAAAAAIL
    @NAAAAAIL 9 месяцев назад +1

    I learned about Þ when I accidently typed it in runescape while messing with alt codes and just thought it was a cooler version of :p to go :Þ

  • @memelicker6437
    @memelicker6437 3 года назад +2065

    Let’s go gamers, we’re bringing Þe “Þ” back.

    • @llmccann
      @llmccann 3 года назад +68

      Let's go! We got þis!

    • @sasukesarutobi3862
      @sasukesarutobi3862 3 года назад +39

      Þhe time is now!

    • @Twilight-Sparkle550
      @Twilight-Sparkle550 3 года назад +28

      Þat letter is cool!

    • @llmccann
      @llmccann 3 года назад +40

      @@sasukesarutobi3862 you left in þe "h" by accident

    • @yoloboy03
      @yoloboy03 3 года назад +11

      Please where do I find it on my keyboard

  • @solothu1194
    @solothu1194 3 года назад +660

    I was wondering why he didn't just spell thorn with the letter þ until I realized it made þorn

    • @joint_strength
      @joint_strength 3 года назад +75

      U can't say that, it is forbidden by my mom

    • @SpadeNya
      @SpadeNya 3 года назад +10

      I started reading comments and now need to do my own personal research to make sure this isn't just a shit post for everyone to learn that you can type þorn.

    • @legacy7249
      @legacy7249 3 года назад +17

      "Hey moþer! Look at þis rose I found. Don't worry, it only has one þorn."

    • @tower_m
      @tower_m 3 года назад +6

    • @Eldoofus
      @Eldoofus 3 года назад +1

      oh...
      oh no

  • @Thisis_phil1234
    @Thisis_phil1234 7 месяцев назад

    Þ needs his own movie

  • @crimsondemon1382
    @crimsondemon1382 4 месяца назад

    Þis is a wonderful call to action.

  • @ely1528
    @ely1528 3 года назад +2511

    video: “French can’t pronounce þ”
    me, a French: zis is not true

  • @KiwiTheRetroGal
    @KiwiTheRetroGal 3 года назад +1540

    We must bring back þis ancient letter from þe olden days.
    *r e j e c t **_t h_** r e t u r n t o Þ*

  • @NebeerOfficial
    @NebeerOfficial 10 месяцев назад

    Þank you for remembering us þis magical letter!
    Im gonna use it in every sentence now!

  • @MasalaYLegoStopMotion
    @MasalaYLegoStopMotion 10 месяцев назад +1

    þis video is so enjoyable. þank you!

  • @supersmilyface1
    @supersmilyface1 3 года назад +17157

    I may have never used it in my life, but I already miss Þ.

    • @sortagoodish8491
      @sortagoodish8491 3 года назад +365

      Ðen just help us bring it bæck already! What is it wiþ you people and mourning for someþing you never æctually lost?

    • @supersmilyface1
      @supersmilyface1 3 года назад +246

      @@sortagoodish8491 It would be pretty cool if we could bring Þorn back into Þe alphabet if enough people began to use it again, even if it's optional.

    • @sortagoodish8491
      @sortagoodish8491 3 года назад +150

      @@supersmilyface1 well, all we have to do is use ðese characters, ænd eventually, ðey'll become normal(ish); just start using ðem regularly, ænd you have played your part in ðeir resurection.

    • @____7843
      @____7843 3 года назад +41

      And it looks like a Homestuck quirk lmao.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 3 года назад +8

      @@supersmilyface1 lol

  • @milkii_tea
    @milkii_tea 3 года назад +1181

    can confirm that we're all still gibberish-speaking pagans in england

  • @OperacaoEpa
    @OperacaoEpa 9 месяцев назад +1

    Þis is perfection

  • @ev3072tile5ste
    @ev3072tile5ste 6 месяцев назад

    Þe þorn is watching us all over. Þorn is very happy right now.

  • @enrico6176
    @enrico6176 3 года назад +619

    Oh wow, so thats what made “thou” “you”. All the work of thorn.

    • @flashdog3000
      @flashdog3000 3 года назад +31

      Technically thou and you both came from þou when þorn was split in two

    • @felipevasconcelos6736
      @felipevasconcelos6736 3 года назад +24

      Not really. “You” comes from Old English “ēou”, while “þou” comes from OE “þū”. It just so happened þat þe singular/informal “þou” slowly fell out of favor as þe plural/formal “you” took over.

    • @Turi6070
      @Turi6070 3 года назад +1

      DOH!

    • @lebendigesgespenst7669
      @lebendigesgespenst7669 3 года назад +1

      I’m not a linguist historian or anything but I am German and in german “you” (at least informally) is “du” so that would draw a neat line from the common ancestor of “du” in german to “thou” in English to thorn looking like “Y” and turning it into “You”

    • @felipevasconcelos6736
      @felipevasconcelos6736 3 года назад +3

      @@lebendigesgespenst7669, it would, but “þou” and “you” were separate pronouns, which coexisted far before even þe Latin Alphabet. “Þou” is cognate with “du”, while “you” is cognate with “euch”.

  • @xKrizel
    @xKrizel 3 года назад +1307

    þis is just randomly in everybodys recommended now...

    • @TextuaryPlum
      @TextuaryPlum  3 года назад +149

      Not complaining

    • @voiiid_
      @voiiid_ 3 года назад +6

      @@TextuaryPlum first again again again lol

    • @dragonico6847
      @dragonico6847 3 года назад +6

      Slowly bringing back the þ.

    • @oofmate911
      @oofmate911 3 года назад +1

      Ikr lmao, although I remember watching þis in 2019 I believe. Still interesting anyway.

    • @plokijum
      @plokijum 3 года назад

      So does þat mean RUclips is promoting þe use of Þ as well?

  • @psycho.artist
    @psycho.artist 9 месяцев назад +1

    Bro really made me feel emotional for a letter 😭😭😭

  • @AstrographyScientist_Official
    @AstrographyScientist_Official 7 месяцев назад +1

    Even þis video is very short, I learned a whole life lesson with Þ ❤

  • @SlaxDZ
    @SlaxDZ 3 года назад +1434

    Why use “Then it’s” when you can just use:
    þen is

  • @justslidemsphm1208
    @justslidemsphm1208 3 года назад +1843

    "It's time to bring back þorn."
    "No, I mean... þorn."
    "Okay never mind. Þis should not be meant in þat way."

    • @asdf-ne1vt
      @asdf-ne1vt 3 года назад +44

      Monetization diþabled due to innapropriate content

    • @z0bi_
      @z0bi_ 3 года назад +83

      @@asdf-ne1vt got a bit of a lisp þere?

    • @szlendak1368
      @szlendak1368 3 года назад +14

      you wrote “this” lmao

    • @asdf-ne1vt
      @asdf-ne1vt 3 года назад +8

      @@z0bi_ ...no


      Þ

    • @minaashido518
      @minaashido518 3 года назад +1

      @@asdf-ne1vt how do u get thorn? I don’t know how to find it

  • @f0lkm0r1an.13
    @f0lkm0r1an.13 7 месяцев назад +1

    “But here’s a problem - You speak Latin and they speak gibberish”

  • @BinglesP
    @BinglesP 5 месяцев назад +2

    Good news! Þ is now available on the English iOS keyboard, when holding down the T key!

    • @thatonepossum5766
      @thatonepossum5766 3 месяца назад

      I have never felt more lied to than I do in this moment.

  • @shrekatemyonions
    @shrekatemyonions 3 года назад +253

    I think we’re all missing an important fact here, which is how hilarious þorn’s name looks when you spell it out like this

    • @beywheelzhater8930
      @beywheelzhater8930 3 года назад +5

      Nice

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 3 года назад +7

      I've been joking about the letter þorn for years because I'm a Tolkien fan and I never realized this!!!!

    • @negativefg7922
      @negativefg7922 3 года назад +6

      One missing line, and you got an innapropriate word...

    • @stellarx20
      @stellarx20 3 года назад +4

      Or just born

    • @floridaball4896
      @floridaball4896 3 года назад +3

      Þorn will be brought back

  • @sacredhamburger6309
    @sacredhamburger6309 3 года назад +11333

    The part that explained why the phrase “ye old pub” was actually cool to be honest.

    • @petermarsella6537
      @petermarsella6537 3 года назад +482

      Þe part þat explained why þe phrase "ye olde pub" was actually cool no joke

    • @hookahmoon6168
      @hookahmoon6168 2 года назад +12

      Er

    • @randomvids5883
      @randomvids5883 2 года назад +6

      Er

    • @chaixxxx
      @chaixxxx 2 года назад +35

      It wasnt þe 'y' we know, it was a þ.

    • @saluhmih
      @saluhmih 2 года назад +35

      ​@@petermarsella6537 Þe part þat explained why þe phrase "ye olde pub" was actually cool not gonna lie

  • @Algadoo2013
    @Algadoo2013 Месяц назад

    If thorn were still a letter my name would be “Þomas

  • @Flowey_Ghost
    @Flowey_Ghost 4 месяца назад +2

    It even has different versions just like any other letter!
    Þ (caps)
    þ (lowercase)

  • @LOL-gn5oh
    @LOL-gn5oh 3 года назад +1640

    Pronouncing the letter "A":
    Every language - "Ah"
    English - "eY"

    • @vee7376
      @vee7376 3 года назад +147

      It's the Canadians

    • @sebby2pro4u
      @sebby2pro4u 3 года назад +36

      @@vee7376 PLS WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY😭😭

    • @RealBrother.03
      @RealBrother.03 3 года назад +81

      @@sebby2pro4u cuz ur brain released a chemical to give your body a reaction known as laughter

    • @mr.mcnuggies
      @mr.mcnuggies 3 года назад +14

      @@vee7376 can confirm, it is us

    • @PCVP4729
      @PCVP4729 3 года назад +14

      @@RealBrother.03 He asked why it’s funny, not why he laughed. The reason behind humor and laughter are 2 different things.

  • @Zurtle1
    @Zurtle1 3 года назад +3258

    What’s funny is he could completely be manufacturing this entire story, I wouldn’t know the difference.

    • @sayaksen7545
      @sayaksen7545 3 года назад +50

      It's real bruh

    • @ummmhelp
      @ummmhelp 3 года назад +89

      I know for a fact this is real, I don't know about the history of the letter though but it was absolutely and old English letter than everyone stopped using can't confirm the printing story but it might be real

    • @rlanga4820
      @rlanga4820 3 года назад +61

      *þe

    • @IdiotsPlayGames
      @IdiotsPlayGames 3 года назад +76

      @@rlanga4820 þank you, I was just about to write þat

    • @QuokkaWaka
      @QuokkaWaka 3 года назад +11

      @@rlanga4820
      You missed a word

  • @simlee6177
    @simlee6177 9 месяцев назад

    It wasn't a thorn in their side, but they still got rid of it.

  • @wxffle3z
    @wxffle3z 9 месяцев назад +1

    why is this on my recommended from 5 years ago...

  • @GAMEBEATER6000
    @GAMEBEATER6000 2 года назад +322

    “Why did this letter stop existing?”
    _”That would be the French…”_

  • @therongjr
    @therongjr 3 года назад +3371

    Leave it to the French to ruin a perfectly good Germanic letter. They don't even respect language enough to pronounce all of their own letters!

    • @clar1nettist204
      @clar1nettist204 3 года назад +204

      France: heres our word "finissons", it's pronouned like "finit" but the t is silent

    • @aronasmundurjonasson3175
      @aronasmundurjonasson3175 3 года назад +203

      Welcome to the French language, where "oiseaux" [birds] is pronounced "wazo"

    • @Quacktum
      @Quacktum 3 года назад +39

      Bruh tu pourrais être plus gentil

    • @wagonrestorant8032
      @wagonrestorant8032 3 года назад +47

      Just as you English-speaking people do)))) Words with -ough and -e say hallo

    • @moodle6500
      @moodle6500 3 года назад +16

      Connard va

  • @knot_videos7890
    @knot_videos7890 6 месяцев назад +1

    Þis video is very great, I like how it talks about þe letter “þ”.

  • @DKAtheSecondAKATheAnimationDKA
    @DKAtheSecondAKATheAnimationDKA 10 месяцев назад +1

    i love how he continued to use Þ for every th

  • @RioTormenta
    @RioTormenta 3 года назад +1875

    Þat sucks, Þ is such a better character Þan "th", it really reduces confusion for foreigners when Þey try to learn english

    • @crowsoto9612
      @crowsoto9612 3 года назад +170

      problem: I keep reading it as p instead and my brain malfunctions

    • @torunsmok5890
      @torunsmok5890 3 года назад +8

      @@crowsoto9612 yea, same

    • @ericr.malice318
      @ericr.malice318 3 года назад +29

      Also, skrew the letter X. And C kan go, too. Replase X with "ks" and C with either K or S. The "ch" sound kan be a new letter.

    • @itze_
      @itze_ 3 года назад +4

      @@ericr.malice318 x should be "sh" sounding. Ch = tx

    • @nagulasrilatha
      @nagulasrilatha 3 года назад

      @@crowsoto9612 same

  • @daniellemurnett2534
    @daniellemurnett2534 3 года назад +302

    Thorn: *is super obscure and basically unused*
    Frogge: Come! þis is no place to die!

    • @Carr0tCarr0t
      @Carr0tCarr0t 3 года назад +15

      You spelled it wrong. It’s actually spelled þorn

    • @daniellemurnett2534
      @daniellemurnett2534 3 года назад

      @@Carr0tCarr0t The joke is þat wiþout frogge not even þe letter is spelled right.

    • @eitodisidisidotasiridirifisito
      @eitodisidisidotasiridirifisito 3 года назад

      ð*

    • @thorn4833
      @thorn4833 3 года назад +1

      Oi! I can’t be blamed if no one uses me!

    • @thornarts
      @thornarts 3 года назад +2

      @@thorn4833 hi i am you but art

  • @genesiscrox4784
    @genesiscrox4784 День назад

    Reject th embrace þ

  • @veeeess
    @veeeess 8 месяцев назад

    i love þis letter so much 🙏

  • @gamerwizard69
    @gamerwizard69 3 года назад +718

    if anyone was wondering about þe ABCs song, “w, x, y, þ, z” sounds swell to me

    • @vilzupuupaa4680
      @vilzupuupaa4680 3 года назад +25

      It actually does.

    • @that1niceguy246
      @that1niceguy246 3 года назад +18

      i use "...s, t, þ, u, v..."

    • @npinder1679
      @npinder1679 3 года назад +13

      That’s actually not that bad

    • @cluhki
      @cluhki 3 года назад +4

      It does

    • @leonsalgeuro
      @leonsalgeuro 3 года назад +11

      no it should be “w, þ, x y z”
      that way the song still rhymes

  • @CuteC3
    @CuteC3 3 года назад +2413

    Am I the only one who þought it was pronounced “bbfpppp” before watching this XD

  • @anamariabaciu4173
    @anamariabaciu4173 5 месяцев назад

    If Þorn was back I would love it.
    Because it would be more efficient for paper and þrees

  • @delinquenter
    @delinquenter 8 месяцев назад +4

    As a german, I take it a step further and suggest to include all runes in our alphabet as well, once again.
    We already have the special letter ä, ö, ü and ß, so we might as well learn germanic once again. I'm down for it.

  • @wongmatthew7215
    @wongmatthew7215 3 года назад +484

    everyone in the comment section:
    everyone in þe comment section

    • @user-pj4rv7lf3u
      @user-pj4rv7lf3u 3 года назад +2

      in þe comment section in þe comment section in þe comment section in þe comment tnheinvt
      nccettooooeeomcene
      :eeteh:tnmieeiocc:mnteteesinthmrercymnmcnrnrmehteineetoeeceenen
      snietneomneynhynyr:nyvmsooomesevni:cvict
      otsoivoeitosectionmienicetteþimeneiiomnoooþecscotmcnncosoeonmteþnniþmsnimtnioemtsiceotncectccenþeeetmmtnnnsi

    • @user-pj4rv7lf3u
      @user-pj4rv7lf3u 3 года назад +4

      ഋഋഋഋഋഋഋഋഋ

    • @fybson1068
      @fybson1068 3 года назад +3

      @@user-pj4rv7lf3u it was going so well until you melted

    • @user-pj4rv7lf3u
      @user-pj4rv7lf3u 3 года назад

      @@fybson1068 tak

  • @brimirj.buason9973
    @brimirj.buason9973 3 года назад +9309

    “Þ” is actually quite a common letter in the Icelandic language. “Þú” means “You” and the name “Thor” is spelled “Þór” just to name a few

    • @ilEagle3696
      @ilEagle3696 3 года назад +33

      Im using an icelandic keyboard rn
      Qq Ww Ee Rr Tt Yy Uu Ii Oo Pp Ðð
      Aa Ss Dd Ff Gg Hh Jj Kk Ll Ææ Öö
      Zz Xx Cc Vv Bb Nn Mm Þþ

    • @lokotro019
      @lokotro019 3 года назад +61

      @@ilEagle3696 wow that’s cool

    • @ilEagle3696
      @ilEagle3696 3 года назад +16

      @@lokotro019 nah not really i literally just installed it for this and deleted it afterwards

    • @s4leeha
      @s4leeha 3 года назад +112

      @@lokotro019 Þat's cool.

    • @arnaeus7448
      @arnaeus7448 3 года назад +58

      Annar Íslendingur? Blessaður!

  • @theominousu6484
    @theominousu6484 7 месяцев назад

    the best video ever introducing defunct alphabet

  • @cheezpuffs3734
    @cheezpuffs3734 8 месяцев назад

    Þanks for putting attention on þis subject

  • @johnl7954
    @johnl7954 3 года назад +24818

    Ah yes, þornography: þe art of documenting þorns

    • @lowtiercharacter
      @lowtiercharacter 3 года назад +966

      Nice

    • @shadowlord0162
      @shadowlord0162 3 года назад +1601

      i see what you did there

    • @Fae_van
      @Fae_van 3 года назад +1249

      Omg!!! I love this so much, it makes me so happy, it's like a play on letters, because it looks like a "p" but it's read like "th". It's so clever and I love it.

    • @masterhand20
      @masterhand20 3 года назад +849

      @@Fae_van “I really really really like this image”

    • @unholycrusader69
      @unholycrusader69 3 года назад +305

      @@masterhand20reddit moment

  • @void9066
    @void9066 3 года назад +1758

    People: "TH"
    People: "Who tf are you?"
    Þ: "Do you mean who Þe fuck are you?"

    • @LoafAround
      @LoafAround 3 года назад +56

      wþf

    • @goldxperiencerequiem
      @goldxperiencerequiem 3 года назад +25

      @@LoafAround Þats not how you use þ

    • @CraftIP
      @CraftIP 3 года назад +38

      @@goldxperiencerequiem it kinda is bruh
      Being thorn the first letter of "the", substituting the diagram "th"

    • @goldxperiencerequiem
      @goldxperiencerequiem 3 года назад +2

      @@CraftIP oh I see

    • @sidharthvjain1023
      @sidharthvjain1023 3 года назад +5

      what Þe fuck do you mean

  • @AwfullWaffle
    @AwfullWaffle 9 месяцев назад

    This is pretty awesome, by 2 minutes into the video you are already intuitively reading thorn as th.

  • @KillerMoth_Stumpy
    @KillerMoth_Stumpy 9 месяцев назад +1

    þorn is great, we should show more people, maybe even get it into some schools. Kids need to learn to use þorn

  • @katy8188
    @katy8188 3 года назад +675

    why is þis suddenly being pushed into everyone’s recommendations lol
    (i have seen þe error of my ways. þ for life).

    • @alfinandy1612
      @alfinandy1612 3 года назад +20

      The Algorithm Overlord knows it's time humanity improve

    • @reibiscoito8334
      @reibiscoito8334 3 года назад +11

      Þis* ;p

    • @asmita4479
      @asmita4479 3 года назад

      Ikrrr

    • @ActuallyNickV
      @ActuallyNickV 3 года назад +1

      This video was really popular when it came out lol, guess it's just making the cycles

    • @tilkiahri4489
      @tilkiahri4489 3 года назад

      Really tho

  • @isaakongclown6746
    @isaakongclown6746 3 года назад +806

    imagine marvel if we still use this letter.
    þor þe God of þunder

    • @TheMrMe1
      @TheMrMe1 3 года назад +55

      You'd be surprised.
      He's known as Þrumuguðinn Þór in Icelandic

    • @adityarajkhowalama
      @adityarajkhowalama 3 года назад +8

      Your pfp marches with what you're saying😂

    • @filmecke2618
      @filmecke2618 3 года назад +15

      Looks sick þough

    • @PlentyOfGarlic
      @PlentyOfGarlic 3 года назад +1

      Þór*

    • @olek0
      @olek0 3 года назад +10

      *b o r b e G o d o f b u n d e r*

  • @Mewthreee
    @Mewthreee 8 месяцев назад

    Yes please we need to bring back þ.

  • @M-HACK
    @M-HACK 9 месяцев назад +1

    þ þe best letter in þe whole wide world

  • @Magic_Man_
    @Magic_Man_ 3 года назад +976

    It’s been over two years since this was posted but it’s still just as interesting.

    • @LoafAround
      @LoafAround 3 года назад +33

      Well language dosen't age very quickly

    • @Not_interestEd-
      @Not_interestEd- 3 года назад +10

      And it has a comedic twist that makes this video perfect

    • @xenshu874
      @xenshu874 3 года назад +2

      W bout vsauce

    • @TextuaryPlum
      @TextuaryPlum  3 года назад +70

      I’d hope so!

    • @normal_username3231
      @normal_username3231 3 года назад +7

      Dont you mean “þis”? It’s been over two years since þis was posted but it’s still just as interesting

  • @DunningKrugerSan
    @DunningKrugerSan 3 года назад +1837

    If someone doesn’t make a subreddit for this type of stuff and call it r/ÞornHub I will be quite disappointed indeed.

  • @HyonkTea
    @HyonkTea 10 месяцев назад

    this feels like a jan Misali video mixed with a K Klien video and i fucking love it

  • @themissepick
    @themissepick 10 месяцев назад

    Þ is clearly the best letter

  • @pinetree5464
    @pinetree5464 3 года назад +127

    why am I getting emotionally attached to a letter by an almost 4 minute video

    • @thebluething2492
      @thebluething2492 3 года назад +9

      Þe dark side of þe force is a paþway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

    • @pegaclankc.c.6826
      @pegaclankc.c.6826 3 года назад +3

      @@thebluething2492 it is possible to learn the this power

    • @corruptedfoxxx
      @corruptedfoxxx 3 года назад +2

      I actually might use it for a while, where on my keyboard does it hide?

  • @heroutadam
    @heroutadam 3 года назад +1009

    RUclips recommendations: þ
    Me: I don't need sleep I need answers

    • @Adriz541
      @Adriz541 3 года назад +5

      True

    • @Conmann
      @Conmann 3 года назад +14

      þat is true

    • @bronix2862
      @bronix2862 3 года назад +5

      Exactly me right now, 4AM here.

    • @bryleec2w
      @bryleec2w 3 года назад +1

      v true

    • @Henry_cotten
      @Henry_cotten 3 года назад

      It’s 2 am and this is relatable

  • @Kickapignow
    @Kickapignow 7 месяцев назад

    Þis video is really informational and useful!

  • @Mislasian
    @Mislasian 9 месяцев назад

    Rip þ,
    We will remember you even in þe furure

  • @oc2thorpe
    @oc2thorpe 3 года назад +1026

    Thorn would go between “h” and “i” as it did in old English. Not at the end.
    Edit: ok I don’t wanna be that type of guy, but this comment has more likes than views on my most popular video. Wow. すごい.

    • @LoafAround
      @LoafAround 3 года назад +135

      *Not þe end.

    • @mangaprofilepicture5820
      @mangaprofilepicture5820 3 года назад +38

      We know now how superior thorn is to every other letter in the English alphabet so it’s saving the best for last

    • @adzin0093
      @adzin0093 3 года назад +29

      U could be making this up and 90% of people wouldn't know or care

    • @user-sd6lg8lf5c
      @user-sd6lg8lf5c 3 года назад +7

      @@LoafAround *Not ðe end.

    • @robloxpotatotater
      @robloxpotatotater 3 года назад +2

      Þhorn is still alive

  • @LoveBot-ni9cz
    @LoveBot-ni9cz 3 года назад +1617

    “Bring thorn back home”
    Now that sounds like a very emotional movie T_T

    • @meowdynyall9284
      @meowdynyall9284 3 года назад +22

      I agree, þat does sound pretty emotional

    • @jinxd4398
      @jinxd4398 3 года назад +50

      Þorn*

    • @thebossempire7069
      @thebossempire7069 3 года назад +5

      yup defintly but short unless u watch it more Þan once

    • @ezgi0806
      @ezgi0806 3 года назад +1

      hi deku

    • @HereComesThe-Sun
      @HereComesThe-Sun 3 года назад

      From now on im going to always use Þis instead of this

  • @jacquelinefarago
    @jacquelinefarago 10 дней назад

    þis is þe most perfect letter of þe eŋliş alphabet

  • @aurondescartes6284
    @aurondescartes6284 Месяц назад

    it’s time to bring back þ...

  • @Jackson-nq2kh
    @Jackson-nq2kh 3 года назад +8890

    So we all gonna ignore that this is his only video for two years and it’s absolute class

    • @fruityscallop
      @fruityscallop 3 года назад +820

      Þis*

    • @zayzay980
      @zayzay980 3 года назад +98

      ...I just noticed

    • @zayzay980
      @zayzay980 3 года назад +32

      @@fruityscallop lol

    • @Goob4430
      @Goob4430 3 года назад +48

      @@fruityscallop how do you get to thorne in the key bord

    • @Tony-wm3hr
      @Tony-wm3hr 3 года назад +79

      @@Goob4430 If you use þe Icelandic keyboard you’ll be able to use þ

  • @Mars-nm8ek
    @Mars-nm8ek 3 года назад +226

    “What if I told you there was more?” *sexy sax solo plays*

  • @Max-uq4zz
    @Max-uq4zz 10 месяцев назад

    this made me get obsessed with þ

  • @ATBestinGaming
    @ATBestinGaming 7 месяцев назад

    Thorn-Þorn
    Sentence making!: Þeorn is þe greatest þing in history.