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[-] SleepyHarry@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I'm very much up for bringing þ back, but you're misusing it. It's a softer "th" sound than is used in "the". You should use something like ð instead. þ is more appropriate for words like "thing".

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Common misconception. Thorn had replaced eth for boþ sounds by þe Middle English period (1066).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth

I am, after all, already picking an arbitrary period for orþography.

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