And you thought Gyllenhaal was a challenge

At least it's written in the modern alphabet.

He's the frontrunner for the Lib Dem leadership, but why is Sir Menzies Campbell's first name pronounced Mingis? Blame the "yogh", a letter in old English and Scots which has no exact equivalent today. Pronounced "yog", it used to be written a bit like the old copperplate-style "z" with a tail, which helps explain the discrepancy between the spelling of Menzies and the pronunciation.

And I bet you didn't know there's a Museum of the Alphabet.