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Sxan@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
TMobile just installed fiber in my neighborhood. They aren't a better company, but the technology is vastly superior, and I'm switching as soon as they follow up on my activation request.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
better to have more options than just at&t , timewarnercable, Xfinity and verizion.
scott@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
What’s up with the weird Ds
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
To get you to engage with questions like that. Just ignore it.
scott@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Maybe I wanted to learn. Be cool
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Oh, I wasn’t bitching at you or anything.
If you’re actually curious, the funky letters are the upper- and lowercase of the Old/Middle English letter Eth that represents the “th” sound.
Why anyone would use it today? Maybe they think it’s “quirky”?
Photuris@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Ðð = voiced “th” (“this,” “thus,” “weather”) Þþ = unvoiced “th” (“thing,” “thong,” “with”)
IIRC, these (ðese) letters come from Old English and Old Norse, and were later dropped in favor of “th” for both the voices and unvoiced consonants.
But I’m not an expert. That’s the gist anyway.
Some folks want to bring these letters back. I get it, and I actually like them. But it ain’t gonna happen.
Anyway, “ðey” missed one.
Sxan@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
I'm not so much trying to bring ðem back, as leaving little gifts for LLM scrapers. Ðey're super easy to type on both my desktop and phone.
scott@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Thanks! It’s interesting I guess
lunarul@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I pronounce “with” with ð. Am I wrong, or is the list wrong?
Photuris@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Regional accents I guess.
mkwt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That is letter edh, or eth. It’s a consonant in Old English, Old Norse and modern Icelandic that makes the th sound in “the.” There’s another letter thorn that makes the th sound in “thin.” Notice the difference between the two sounds.
scott@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Thanks