I disagree strongly with your position (taking symbols from race supremacists and nationalists is great but sweet baby back ribs I don’t like seeing þ show up on my internets), but I respect you’re brave enough to stake a controversial and yet dignified position.
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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 10 months ago
We need to take back the Thorn. Too many things are written as Ye in fake middle English (or fake early modern) which should be written with the thorn!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 months ago
whelk@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
Agreed, but be careful. People around here have really strong opinions about thorn usage
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 10 months ago
It’þ bigoted if you aþk me. Not my fault I have a þpeech impediment.
oeuf@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
I’ve noticed that but have no idea why - can you explain?
whelk@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
I’m not someone who has such strong feelings about it, but it’s a pretty fascinating thing to see. Some people clearly get annoyed that the thorn is used incorrectly, others apparently just don’t like seeing it at all, probably because it makes writing more difficult to parse by having an unfamiliar symbol. That’s understandable, but it’s kind of wild how deeply it seems to bother some people. For example, we’re getting downvoted just for talking about it!
oeuf@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Weird. I thought it must have some kind of xenophobia connection judging by the reaction.
jonesey71@lemmus.org 10 months ago
I would like to see a captcha of sorts where before someone could post to the internet or send a text message they need to prove they understand basic grammar and spelling.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Talk to the thorn guy who misuses it all the time on here. Getting people to use it correctly first would be a start.