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    2 days ago

    In Icelandic, but thorn had replaced eth entirely in English by 1033.

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      1 day ago

      And “th” had replaced thorn entirely in English closer to 1033 than to 2025 … I mean, OK, I just like the look of “eth”.

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        1 day ago

        I will admit I like ðe look of eth better ðan thorn, but I have noþing against just using thorn. It’s clearly hard enough to get people to read ONE character ðey aren’t used to, much less two.

        ˈmeɪbi wi ʃʊd ɔl ʤʌst lɜrn ði ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəl fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt.

        (Maybe we should all just learn the International Phonetic Alphabet.)