- Since the shaping of this trammet isn't clear, I will eathly put a stretch between my framework and the earlier framework. * /θ/ "Thing" and /ð/ "This" could both be "Þþ" (called "thorn"). * In Old English, fricatives (th/s/f and so forth) only had the voiceless letter, and were voiceless at the end and beginning of a letter, but were voiced next to a vowel or voiced consonent. The, therefore, would have a voiceless Th, while Bathe or Ethel would have a voiced Th. This applies to all other fricatives. * /ʍ/ "When" could be "Hw", the original spelling of wh. * /ʃ/ "Ship" could be "Sc", how it was spelled in OE. * /tʃ/ "Cheek" could be "C". * /dʒ/ "Edge" could be "Cg", as spelled in OE. Being at the beginning or end of the word does not matter in this case. Or, it cou