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minus-squarePelicanen@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoShouldn’t it be “ðe world … wiþ your attitude”?
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoBy 1066, thorn had completely replaced eth, and was used for all dental fricatives. Icelandic still differentiates þem.
minus-squarePelicanen@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSure but thorn itself was getting phased out some 300 years later, so I think if we’re reintroducing letters then we might as well also reintroduce ones that differentiate between different sounds.
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoIt’s entirely arbitrary eiþer way. If eth, why not wynn? I’m certainly not doing it to increase legibility :-)
Shouldn’t it be “ðe world … wiþ your attitude”?
By 1066, thorn had completely replaced eth, and was used for all dental fricatives. Icelandic still differentiates þem.
Sure but thorn itself was getting phased out some 300 years later, so I think if we’re reintroducing letters then we might as well also reintroduce ones that differentiate between different sounds.
It’s entirely arbitrary eiþer way. If eth, why not wynn? I’m certainly not doing it to increase legibility :-)