In English however, instead of a rounded "o" sound it made a long "e" sound, such as in the word subpoena/subpœna. Much like Ash, it eventually was split into two letters, namely o and e.

Have you ever wondered why English uses both uppercase and lowercase letters? While capitals begin sentences and proper nouns, and lowercase is used for everything else, this wasn’t always the case.

The aviation alphabet is a phonetic alphabet that is commonly used among pilots. The International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO, developed a list of codes that coordinates to the letters ...

I ran across a few letters that once were part of our alphabet but later faded away. One is called the thorn. It represents the "th" sound. Because you make the sound by pushing air out of your ...

It may come as a surprise that the English language has over the centuries dropped as many as ten letters from its arsenals, bringing its strength down to 26 from 36. The video above, by Gregory ...

A YouTube video has recently gone viral on the Internet. The video reveals that — centuries ago, 10 letters were dropped from the English alphabet, bringing its strength down to 26 from 36.