std.stream.Stream.writeable

Jarrett Billingsley kb3ctd2 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 18 06:16:30 PST 2007


"Alix Pexton" <_a_l_i_x_._p_e_x_t_o_n_ at _g_m_a_i_l_._c_o_m_> wrote in message 
news:fhp6nl$dii$1 at digitalmars.com...

> English used to have a letter for 'th', it looked very much like a letter 
> 'y'.
> If it had been allowed to evolve along with the other letters it might 
> today resemble the Japanese Yen currency symbol.
> This is of course why alot of people refer to things as "Ye Olde..." and 
> pronounce "Ye" as 'ii' when technically it is 'the'.

Thorn!  It's still around in Icelandic.  There it looks like a P with a 
riser above as well as below.  It makes a great tongue smiley when paired 
with colon. 





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