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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's the wrong old English letter. Thorn is used for the th in thorn. The th in the and this is Eth. I might be a pedant, but I'm a pedant with standards.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I'm not sure why you said it's the "wrong" old english letter. I only specified "th sound" for thorn.

    Also Eth and thorn were used interchangeably in old and middle english. Don't be a pedant without knowing the actual info especially since this is the 4th paragraph on wikipedia:

    The letter thorn was used in Old English very early on, as was Γ°, which was called eth. Unlike eth, thorn remained in common use through most of the Middle English period. Both letters were used for the phoneme /ΞΈ/, sometimes by the same scribe.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Although I don't downvote their comments, I'd rather, they put the effort to use those separate characters for the 2 voices.
    Otherwise, I don't really feel it to be a better option than 'th'.
    And even though I know they are not looking for a "better option", I feel like this is something I can't get behind unless it is and that doesn't really make me happy to think of it.

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