{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 96: Lost Letters: Wynn (\u01f7), Insular G (\u1d79), Yogh (\u021c)","description":"Before the letter W was invented, the rune wynn was borrowed into the Latin AngloSaxon alphabet as a way of representing the \/w\/ sound. The letter yogh evolved out of Insular G, an Irish variation of the traditional letter G. The phonetic value of yogh varied. It could represent the \/y\/ sound, the guttural \/x\/ sound as in the Scottish &quot;loch,&quot; and others. Many Modern English words spelled with GH digraph (laugh, though, night, etc.) were once spelled with the letter yogh.&amp;nbsp;  Interested in taking part in our virtual Latin 101 course this summer taught by Harvard PhD candidate Rebecca Deitsch? Learn more here: https:\/\/www.wordsforgranted.com\/latin-course ","author_name":"Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/wordsforgranted.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18770270\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/18770270"}