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One thing that my brain is bothered by for whatever reason is that he uses the same character for both voiced and unvoiced forms of “th”. That may very well be the proper usage, but for some reason my brain doesn’t like it! Dunno why!

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rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s probably consistent with historic English usage, but the two places that still officially use it (þ and ð in Icelandic, ð in IPA (which uses a different character in place of þ) do it like that so we might as well learn from them! Also, Þ is a capital letter, most English words would use the lower case þ.

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RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Certainly makes one look like a but‡ead

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Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You should start using thetas and eths in your comments and show ðem how it’s done! Brag about being ðe better user of θorns and ðetas and eθs!

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- rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  IMO þ is preferable because it’s consistent with Icelandic and somewhat consistent with Old English (OE used only þ for a long time). Is there a language that’s actually used today that uses theta?
  
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  - SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    Is there a language ðat’s actually used today ðat uses theta?
    
    Odd question, considering that it’s famously a Greek letter.
    
    In Ancient Greek, θ originally represented the aspirated voiceless dental plosive IPA: [t̪ʰ], but it later became a voiceless dental fricative IPA: [θ], which is the value it retains in Modern Greek.
    
    Latin theta, based on the lowercase letter theta from the Greek alphabet, is used in Cypriot Arabic, Gros Ventre, Comox, Fox, Thompson, Tuscarora, Halkomelem, Wakhi, Yavapai, Havasupai–Hualapai, and Romani.
    
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    rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    IMO it’s a valid question, considering the large amount of differences between Ancient Greek and Modern Greek. I don’t know many specifics about Modern Greek, for all I know they could have completely dropped the sound like many other languages did. The existence of theta in Ancient Greek tells us about as much about modern Greek as the existence of the runic letter that þ is based on tells us about modern Germanic languages.
    
    Thanks for the info, anyway.
    
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