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penguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Out of the loop@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

What's up with everyone using this "þ" character instead of "th"?

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What's up with everyone using this "þ" character instead of "th"?

penguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Out of the loop@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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    þ or thorn is an old letter used for one of the sounds now represented by th in english (the other being ð or eth) old german presses didn’t have a þ so it was replaced with y (ye olde), and later th, but because the 2 th sounds are confusing being the same letter cluster, so people started joking about bringing back þ and ð and it quickly became something trendy to use among some demographics

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      Thank you!

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        thank þank you

        FTFY

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          if this trend goes on a while I’ll adjust but until then that is going to read as pank/bank which transforms into a shorthand for spank bank.

          it’s like when /hj was going around and i read it as “end handjob” even after i looked up what it was supposed to mean.

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            TIL about being half-joking

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            I don’t know what /hj means but I’m just going to roll with end handjob because that is entertaining.

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            spank bank

            /hj (end handjob)

            Nothing Freudian going on here. 🖐️

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              oh it’s definitely me

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                No judgement from me. If anything, I’m jealous. 😏

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          bank you to.

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        Ðere’s some viedos about ðis, like ðis: https://youtu.be/Te4cbx9cmqM which talks about þorn and eð. or ðis: https://youtu.be/SVWvkZbhgAc

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          Porn? Nice.

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            Porn and ED

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            It does look like that, yes x3. I’ve seen that joke a bunch :3(though I’m kinda a language nerd who hangs out in groups that would use thorn and eth unironically)

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