When I was very young, I remember AE being used in various printed materials (school books).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86
But by the time I was in High School it seemed to have disappeared.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86
But by the time I was in High School it seemed to have disappeared.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Teaching_Alphabet
http://s320709369.onlinehome.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f...
> Any advantage of the I.T.A. in making it easier for children to learn to read English was often offset by … being generally confused by having to deal with two alphabets in their early years of reading.
But also, multiple symbols for a sound is a lot simpler than having two alphabets that work in completely different ways. And even worse is the two alphabets sharing symbols and giving them different interpretations.
Þ called "thorn" is another, which type setters replaced with a Y so as to not add another letter to their collections. It made the "th" sound and why "Ye Olde ..." is a spelling convention but people of the time would never have said "yee" for it.
Other letters were lost too, eth, wynn, and this is all contributes to why Modern English spelling conventions are kind of awful for ESL learners.