if the thorn is coming back anyway
It’s not.
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InvestedStrawberry@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Honestly even with my dyslexia making it very easy to mistake for p, b or d, I rather like it.
English spelling is a bloody mess. Its just horrible to use. Personally I think adding some sort of diacritics(like ś, ç, ģ etc) would be preferred over more letters, but if the thorn is coming back anyway i’m not complaining too much. Its just nice to see some change.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
zeca@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
I dont mind it either
JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I think there’s a lot of change in written English that needs updating. I think the thorn is lowest priority, if not completely unnecessary lol
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Right? Like “th” is one of the least ambiguous, most consistent letter groupings in English, a new letter for it doesn’t solve anything, and using the thorn character is actively worse for people with dyslexia. Let’s come up with a way to disambiguate soft-c vs. hard-c sounds instead, or make “ei”/“ie” more consistent.
zeca@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Language evolution is not so much directed by utility, is it?
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Not historically, no, which is part of the reason why English’s spelling “rules” are the way they are
JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Maybe we can develop our own Lemmy update to written English?
SippyCup@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
No. No. No no no no no no.
This is how we got Esperanto. DO YOU WANT THAT? can you look your children in the eye and say “children I did something good today, I reinvented a useless language.” CAN YOU DO THAT‽