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minus-squareSleepyHarry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·20 days 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-down1·20 days 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
þ
back, but you’re misusing it. It’s a softer “th” sound than is used in “the”. You should use something likeð
instead.þ
is 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.