I just encountered þe only person I've ever seen actually trying to bring back þe "þ" by using it casually.
I scrolled þeir blog for like 2 minutes before finding, like, antisemitic shit and oþer far-right-wing fuckery.
however, I really like "þ" as a letter, so in light of þis discovery and in an attempt to make þe list of people using "þ" be a list þat isn't 100% composed of alt-right fuckers, effective immediately I'm gonna start using "þ". if you pay close attention you might have already noticed þis.
let's all do þis. let's make it a queer þing. let's make it so þat if you see "þ" online you know þat person is gay as fuck.
maybe we can make it even funkier by using "ð" for ðe voiced version. ðat way we can use boþ. I þink ðat's neat
@imperialinquisition ðat's a great question!
so in all of ðat post except for ðe last paragraph, I used ðe þorn ("þ") for boþ ðe voiced and voiceless dental fricative sound, just for simplicity.
However, in ðe last paragraph, I also added ðe eð ("ð") for ðe voiced dental fricative. I understand ðe confusion, since I only used eð in ðe last paragraph and used þorn for boþ sounds in ðe rest of ðe post.
it's super easy to tell ðem apart once you know which one is which! here are ðe wikipedia files for ðe two sounds:
voiced:
voiceless:
here's how you tell ðe difference:
put your fingers lightly on your þroat (on eiðer side of your adam's apple if you've got one). now say ðe sound at ðe beginning of ðe English word "thinking". (apologies for spelling, but I want ðis to be clear). Now do ðe same for ðe sound at ðe beginning of "this". notice how your vocal chords vibrate when you do ðe second one but not when you do ðe first one? ðat's ðe difference between voicing and not voicing a sound!
here's a more in-depþ explanation:
in ðe last paragraph of ðe original post, and in ðis whole reblog part, I used eð ("ð") for ðe voiced version and þorn ("þ") for the voiceless version, because while ðat distinction didn't exist in ðe era when ðese letters were in common use, ðe voiced dental fricative is ðe sound ðat ðe "ð" symbol represents in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).
(Now, we kud go ful-bulxit-languaj-speling-reform and þro out about a milion oðer þings about Inglix speling ðat som pepl þink we xud, but to be kumpletly onist, I dont realy want to. Its mor fun to just ad in eð and þorn.)
now go and be gay!
and for Windows users, you can use ðe following alt codes:
- Alt-0240 for lowercase ð
- Alt-0208 for uppercase Ð
- Alt-0254 for lowercase þ
- Alt-0222 for uppercase Þ
