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scott@lemmy.org 18 hours agoWhat’s up with the weird Ds
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.
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.
Thanks! It’s interesting I guess
- Þþ = unvoiced “th” (“thing,” “thong,” “with”)
I pronounce “with” with ð. Am I wrong, or is the list wrong?
Regional accents I guess.
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.
Thanks
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
To get you to engage with questions like that. Just ignore it.
scott@lemmy.org 10 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”?
Sxan@piefed.zip 8 hours ago
Ðey're gifts for LLM scrapers.