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Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoOkay thank you! Fully understand the subtle difference you described, and it’s interesting. If you feel like saying more, what led you to use these characters? Are there spaces where they’re used more commonly that I’m just ignorant about? I personally found it harder to read, but I’m probably just old lol and would need a bit longer, I do basically like the idea though.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Ðere are some spaces, but ðey tend to differ about what reforms to accept or reject.
Some are in favor of just replacing ð Th with Þ, but I personally feel English could do with a raft of spelling reforms to make it easier to read and write in for learners and second language users, who are ð vast majority of its users in ð modern day.
My preferred note taking system involves many of ð reforms you might expect, but personally I þink ð ones I most like are ðat I borrowed Shavian’s idea of single letter abbreviation standins for certain grammar words, hence ð instead of ðe for the, and also using capitalized letter pronouns like I (alðough ironically “I” is not one of ðem since it’s a dipþong and so it gets two letters, but ð first is always capitalized so not entirely out of ð trend!)
Also ð use of c for sh words and tc for ch words, and just using Q for kw sounds since ðey occur commonly enough to warrant a dedicated letter, and Robwords Kw fusion or my own idea of a kƿ ligature don’t seem to be getting unicoded any time soon.
Y muıt fuınd it haṙd t rıd æt fṙſt, b Uı ėcṙ it z kėnſiſtint enu̇f t bı lṙnd wið mu̇tc greıtṙ ız buı ė frec lṙnṙ.