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@alice
þe skull emoji makes me þink þe person clapping got poisoned. rest in peace

@q @alice

Why do you spell 'ðe' with a þ?

@Infrapink @alice
why not :>

@q @alice

Because þ is unvoiced; it's pronounced /θ/. The initial sound of ðe word 'ðe' (usually spelled 'the') is voiced, pronounced /ð/. Ðey are different sounds which happen to be represented by the same digraph in standard English orþography because ancient Greek didn't have a voiced dental fricative.

@Infrapink @q @alice AIUI the old English thorn is the direct predecessor to the modern English “th”, unrelated to the similar-looking archaic Greek letter sho
@ShadSterling @Infrapink @alice
indeed! þe typewriter is mostly to blame for its deaþ

@q @ShadSterling @Infrapink @alice

(my response translated into my fictional custom alley-main-grrrr-mine-shaft language)

Dese comedie hab resultaten en Ich-mich totes getotenlaughen.

@Infrapink @alice
historically þey were interchangable.
modern perception shifts þem to þose roles.
anyþing is good and fair game imo.
informative comment noneþeless þo!