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[–] 9 points 2 months ago

Fun coincidence in terms of "three assholes": the phonic punctuation mark ஃ in Tamil, which looks very similar to an asterism ⁂, is used to represent a voiceless glottal fricative (like the /h/ in "ham").

The two fun rectal-related bits:

  • This type of character in Sanskrit phonology, a visarga, means "discharge".
  • Its cousin, representing a nasal /n/ sound, is called an anusvara.

Disclaimer: I think this is all true, but I don't really know what I'm talking about, I was just looking into the Unicode a little.

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