Comment on special characters are dope

sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Poiar@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m so sad that Danish lost Þ. We apparently lost it in speech, by making into a soft D…

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  • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it similar to the English Thorn which became TH. Hence Ye Olde is pronounced the old.

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    • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      None of your sentences is wrong but you forgot to mention that in hand writing, it sometimes became Y, otherwise ye last sentence doesn’t make much sense

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      • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah yeah I realise it hardly makes sense.

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wish it had stayed in English tbh. At least the European dialects

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• muix@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t forget Ðð :)

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  • sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How could I! It’s the most stupid of all! Thanks, added it.

    Here’s how that sound is made: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a7a18546-18b7-4fb2-bc4b-0b2bbbf51e10.jpeg

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