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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 hours agoI think it’s a thorne, which used to stand for “th.” When printing was new they used to substitute Ys for them, hence Ye Old Shoppe.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbalinkfedilink-14•edit-26 hours agoIt’s ð letter which represents ð soft ‘th’ sound ð way þ represents ð hard version. Like B and P but if we had just accepted representing boþ wið an fh for some reason.
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃linkfedilink19•edit-26 hours agoYou’ve got þat backwards… Þorne is þe unvoiced letter, as in þem or boþ, whereas eð is þe voiced, as in faðer. Source: A semester of Old West Norse language class (wherein þorne and eð are used in the same way as in English).
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbalinkfedilink-6•6 hours ago…I get what you’re saying but…“þem”? You pronounce ðat unvoiced?
minus-square@lathlink4•2 hours agoAt one of the many crossroads in your life where you have to decide whether to commit violence or maintain inner peace.
(I’m sorry but I’m dying to know, whats up with ‘ð’ ?)
I think it’s a thorne, which used to stand for “th.”
When printing was new they used to substitute Ys for them, hence Ye Old Shoppe.
It’s ð letter which represents ð soft ‘th’ sound ð way þ represents ð hard version. Like B and P but if we had just accepted representing boþ wið an fh for some reason.
You’ve got þat backwards… Þorne is þe unvoiced letter, as in þem or boþ, whereas eð is þe voiced, as in faðer.
Source: A semester of Old West Norse language class (wherein þorne and eð are used in the same way as in English).
…I get what you’re saying but…“þem”? You pronounce ðat unvoiced?
Where am I right now?
At one of the many crossroads in your life where you have to decide whether to commit violence or maintain inner peace.