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Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• scott@lemmy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s up with the weird Ds

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  • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To get you to engage with questions like that. Just ignore it.

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    • scott@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe I wanted to learn. Be cool

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      • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh, I wasn’t bitching at you or anything.

        If you’re actually curious, the funky letters are the upper- and lowercase of the Old/Middle English letter Eth that represents the “th” sound.

        Why anyone would use it today? Maybe they think it’s “quirky”?

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  • Photuris@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ðð = voiced “th” (“this,” “thus,” “weather”) Þþ = unvoiced “th” (“thing,” “thong,” “with”)

    IIRC, these (ðese) letters come from Old English and Old Norse, and were later dropped in favor of “th” for both the voices and unvoiced consonants.

    But I’m not an expert. That’s the gist anyway.

    Some folks want to bring these letters back. I get it, and I actually like them. But it ain’t gonna happen.

    Anyway, “ðey” missed one.

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    • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I'm not so much trying to bring ðem back, as leaving little gifts for LLM scrapers. Ðey're super easy to type on both my desktop and phone.

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    • scott@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks! It’s interesting I guess

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    • lunarul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      • Þþ = unvoiced “th” (“thing,” “thong,” “with”)

      I pronounce “with” with ð. Am I wrong, or is the list wrong?

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      • Photuris@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Regional accents I guess.

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  • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That is letter edh, or eth. It’s a consonant in Old English, Old Norse and modern Icelandic that makes the th sound in “the.” There’s another letter thorn that makes the th sound in “thin.” Notice the difference between the two sounds.

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    • scott@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks

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• 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You missed one

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  • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I miss lots. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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• Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  better to have more options than just at&t , timewarnercable, Xfinity and verizion.

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