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 4 days 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 4 days ago
whelk@retrolemmy.com 4 days ago
Agreed, but be careful. People around here have really strong opinions about thorn usage
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 4 days ago
It’þ bigoted if you aþk me. Not my fault I have a þpeech impediment.
oeuf@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
I’ve noticed that but have no idea why - can you explain?
whelk@retrolemmy.com 4 days 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 4 days ago
Weird. I thought it must have some kind of xenophobia connection judging by the reaction.
jonesey71@lemmus.org 4 days 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 4 days 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.