Comment on Elon Musk: What was the mysterious bright light spotted in Irish skies?

• unphazed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Thorn (þ) is a letter that represented the “th” sound in Old English and other languages. It originated from the Elder Fuþark symbol ᚦ and was used in Old Norse… - Wikipedia

  So either a time traveler or perhaps someone located in Europe that doesn’t use th in common language. Further digging shows that only Iceland still uses this character commonly. So, Icelandic spectrum.

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• YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sxan has several comments where he explains why. It’s an interesting read.

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  • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok so I did see his bio which explains it but data is curated before hand these days, usually with other llms. I’m afraid something that can be solved with a simple find and replace won’t do much.

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    • YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Honestly, I view it as one of those charming eccentrics we run across from time to time. It’s a ton better than one of the AI bots or Trolls, that’s for sure. :) Portland has the unipolar, we have þis. ;)

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      • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ya, I guess there’s no harm to it.

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