Petition · past parliament

Reintroduce The letters "Thorn" and "Eth" back into the english Alphabet

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Have you ever wondered why some signs have ye olde?
because there used to be a letter called thorn (Þþ) this would make the th sound in the, but the letter eth (Ðð) made the th sound in "That" and "this" the Th sounds are very common in english and should have their own letter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7W917ty3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUrDUxh5xS0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_orthography (Icelandic still uses eth and thorn)

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

19 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
17 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 May 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.