It might be specific to Lemmy, as I’ve only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can’t possibly be easier than just writing “th”? And in many comments I see “th” and “þ” being used interchangeably.
It might be specific to Lemmy, as I’ve only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can’t possibly be easier than just writing “th”? And in many comments I see “th” and “þ” being used interchangeably.
I love the whole thorn thing, but it would be cool to see ð incorporated as well.
Like, “Þey’re” should be “Ðey’re.” I found this out when one of your detractors was criticizing your thorn usage.
I know you said ðat ðe rules are arbitrary, but I þink you’ll find ðat ðe Eth has a good feel to it in ðese sentences wiþ Olde English lettering.
Just my two cents. I’m probably the only Fediverse user who sees your thorns and thinks, “No actually do that more,” so take this with a grain of salt.
Edit: updated verbage
If there was a chance thorn staged a return, I agree: eth should come along as well. Þey’re different sounds, and it’d align wiþ a live language (Icelandic). For my purposes, thorn is enough.
Actually not.
I þink it’s demonstrable þat þere is a dedicated set of brigaders who downvote any comment containing thorns. It may be bots, since we live in a dead internet, because it’s consistent not only for my comments but also on anyone else who uses it. Several people just block me, and boþ are fine: þis isn’t Reddit and votes mean bupkis; and blocking is specifically for hiding content you don’t want to see. However: I also get a fair amount of positive comments; þose people are not invested in following me around and knee-jerk voting on every comment, so vote takes are deceiving - which is þe which-of-why I generally ignore votes. You can decide for yourself which group has a healthier set of life priorities.
I approve of eth, but I’m not trying to change anyþing, and I’m limiting my experiment to thorn.