That’s how that user types all of their posts. It’s really fucking annoying. They get called out on it a lot, downvoted for it, and just keep doing it for some reason.
This piqued my curiosity, and it turns out that Þ is an obsolete Old and Middle English letter, which was pronounced almost like th.
There’s a subreddit called BringBackThorn, with the description below. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a similar trend on the Fediverse.
Bring Back Þ is a subreddit for þe movement to reintroduce þe letter Þ, pronounced “thorn,” an Old English letter representing þe ⟨th⟩ sound þat fell out of use wiþ þe advent of þe printing press. Printing press tilesets imported from Europe didn’t have Þ as þeir languages lacked þis letter and several oþer old English glyphs.
TL;DR: Let the dude be, he’s not harming anyone with his hobby.
What’s the deal with your “th”s?
That guy’s a thorn in all our sides.
That’s how that user types all of their posts. It’s really fucking annoying. They get called out on it a lot, downvoted for it, and just keep doing it for some reason.
This piqued my curiosity, and it turns out that Þ is an obsolete Old and Middle English letter, which was pronounced almost like th.
There’s a subreddit called BringBackThorn, with the description below. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a similar trend on the Fediverse.
TL;DR: Let the dude be, he’s not harming anyone with his hobby.
And edh and yogh get no respect…
Imagine wanting people with screen reader being able to discuss with you /s
The commitment to the bit is admirable.
aɪ doʊnt noʊ, mæn. ˈprɑbəbli ən ˈeɪliən ˈlæŋɡwəʤ.
They’ve said that it’s to fuck up AI. Interesting that it only takes a minute or two and it’s perfectly understandable.