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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
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English should have never abandoned "ð" and "þ."
Ðæt's it, þank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Ðæt's it, þank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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@monsieuricon Fully agree. Happy to still have ð/Ð and þ/Þ on my keyboard :3
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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
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This post was influenced by Icelandic. Unfortunately, this is the only sensible thing about the Icelandic writing system. Everything else about Icelandic writing is JUST MESSED UP.
/nsrs /hj
/nsrs /hj
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@monsieuricon þ and ð are really good letters that I wish we could have in engli∫, same with ∫ for the sh digraph
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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
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Yeah, that's a voiceless "r" at the end of that [ˈtaːɣʏr̥]. There's also a voiceless "n" and a voiceless "m" that you only distinguish by looking at the person's mouth.
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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
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(I secretly love it, though. Way to go, Icelandic, you are awesome.)
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BeeCycling
beecycling@romancelandia.club@monsieuricon Rob of the Robwords YouTube channel is a big proponent of bringing back thorn.
https://youtu.be/wJxKyh9e5_A?t=36&si=C7hYoE5WbS_fZCLI
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Jeremy List
jeremy_list@hachyderm.io@monsieuricon @monsieuricon North Frisian still has "Đ" but it's pronounced like an "L" or an "R" depending on the subdialect because the /ð/ phoneme has been lost.
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