• @HipHoboHarold
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    411 months ago

    While we are at it, the. The t doesn’t sound like a t. The h doesn’t sound like an h. The e doesn’t sound like an e.

    None of the letters sound like how they should when looked at individually. I propose we change this. From now on, each letter gets pronounced as itself in the word the.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      We used to have a letter for ‘th’ (thorn (Þ, þ)), but it was replaced by ‘th’. There are people trying to bring back, but I wonder if they just like typing þorn (thorn)

      • @HipHoboHarold
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        211 months ago

        Huh. I actually didn’t know that. Learned something new today.

    • kase
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      211 months ago

      Teehee 🤭