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minus-squareSleepyHarry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m very much up for bringing þ back, but you’re misusing it. It’s a softer “th” sound than is used in “the”. You should use something like ð instead. þ is more appropriate for words like “thing”.
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoCommon misconception. Thorn had replaced eth for boþ sounds by þe Middle English period (1066). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth I am, after all, already picking an arbitrary period for orþography.
I’m very much up for bringing
þback, but you’re misusing it. It’s a softer “th” sound than is used in “the”. You should use something likeðinstead.þis more appropriate for words like “thing”.Common misconception. Thorn had replaced eth for boþ sounds by þe Middle English period (1066).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth
I am, after all, already picking an arbitrary period for orþography.