I disagree strongly with your position (taking symbols from race supremacists and nationalists is great but sweet baby back ribs I don’t like seeing þ show up on my internets), but I respect you’re brave enough to stake a controversial and yet dignified position.
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Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 1 week ago
We need to take back the Thorn. Too many things are written as Ye in fake middle English (or fake early modern) which should be written with the thorn!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
whelk@retrolemmy.com 1 week ago
Agreed, but be careful. People around here have really strong opinions about thorn usage
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 week ago
It’þ bigoted if you aþk me. Not my fault I have a þpeech impediment.
oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
I’ve noticed that but have no idea why - can you explain?
whelk@retrolemmy.com 1 week ago
I’m not someone who has such strong feelings about it, but it’s a pretty fascinating thing to see. Some people clearly get annoyed that the thorn is used incorrectly, others apparently just don’t like seeing it at all, probably because it makes writing more difficult to parse by having an unfamiliar symbol. That’s understandable, but it’s kind of wild how deeply it seems to bother some people. For example, we’re getting downvoted just for talking about it!
oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Weird. I thought it must have some kind of xenophobia connection judging by the reaction.
jonesey71@lemmus.org 1 week ago
I would like to see a captcha of sorts where before someone could post to the internet or send a text message they need to prove they understand basic grammar and spelling.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Talk to the thorn guy who misuses it all the time on here. Getting people to use it correctly first would be a start.