• DomeGuy
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    7 hours ago

    If we’re mucking the alphabet, though, we really should bring back the thorn.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)

    (If for no other reason than to also bring back the you/thou formal/informal split so I get fewer stares when I point out that the best translation of Exodus 20:13 is really more like “hey, man, no murders!”)

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 hours ago

      Translation from… An older version of English? I’m pretty sure that distinction is not in the original Hebrew.

      (good joke though)