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All countries stopped using the Thorn when German printing presses didn't have them and replaced them with th. Except Iceland, who still uses it. What made Iceland keep the Thorn, and how did Iceland overcome the printing press problem?

by /u/numberguy9647383673 in /r/AskHistorians

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