OLD ENGLISH ALPHABET

Holly - from the old English, holegn. Holly can be deciduous, however, it is the evergreen variety that is normally found in houses at this time of year. Holly is historically considered by druids to bring good fortune and protection, particularly so for men. A man in want of a wife should be advised to both deck his house and himself with holly during the season.Source : My Pink Half Of The Drain Pipe (subscribe)

It was in English, because English is the Cool Language in France (a lot of ads and stuff are partly in English, with a French translation in a footnote), but "limit" was pronounced "limeet," à la française. Old: My (American) LITTLE ...

The ampersand can be traced back to the first century A.D. and the Old Roman cursive, in which the letters E and T occasionally were written together to form a ligature (figure 1). In the later and more flowing New Roman Cursive, ... The ampersand often appeared as a letter at the end of the Latin alphabet, as for example in Byrhtferð's list of letters from 1011.Similarly, & was regarded as the 27th letter of the English Alphabet, as used by children (in the USA). ...

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So here it is, a small introduction to some letters formerly used in the English alphabet. In truth, the alphabets vary from Saxon to Middle English to (mainly) Old English, but if you don't mind me mixing and matching, I'll continue. ...