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Sxan@piefed.zip 19 hours ago
TMobile just installed fiber in my neighborhood. They aren't a better company, but the technology is vastly superior, and I'm switching as soon as they follow up on my activation request.
scott@lemmy.org 19 hours ago
What’s up with the weird Ds
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
To get you to engage with questions like that. Just ignore it.
scott@lemmy.org 11 hours ago
Maybe I wanted to learn. Be cool
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours 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”?
Photuris@lemmy.ml 18 hours 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.
Sxan@piefed.zip 9 hours 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.
scott@lemmy.org 11 hours ago
Thanks! It’s interesting I guess
lunarul@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
- Þþ = unvoiced “th” (“thing,” “thong,” “with”)
I pronounce “with” with ð. Am I wrong, or is the list wrong?
Photuris@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
Regional accents I guess.
mkwt@lemmy.world 18 hours 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.
scott@lemmy.org 11 hours ago
Thanks
Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
better to have more options than just at&t , timewarnercable, Xfinity and verizion.