In Old Norse and modern Icelandic, þ is unvoiced, and ð is voiced. However, in English, þ and ð are interchangeable, with þ usually at the beginning of a word and ð in the middle
θ is a Greek letter. In þe IPA, /θ/ is used to indicate an unvoiced dental fricative and /ð/ is used to indicate þe voiced. Þat is probably where you're coming from. However, þe IPA takes letters from many different languages. English used þe þ and ð þat þey inherited from þe Vikings, but because þe difference between þ and ð doesn't matter in English, þey got each other's sounds.
people who are quirky and want to revive dead parts of english (for reasons other than speaking icelandic). honestly id really love it if these same people spoke entirely in shakespearean english, since they want to bring back even older elements.
Not in English. While þe Norse and Icelandic distinguish þ and ð like þat, þe English used þem interchangeably, wið þ appearing at þe beginning of a word, and ð at þe middle.
It’s an old English and Germanic character, it is mostly deprecated, but still used in icelandic and maybe some tribal nordic germanic languages. It is pronounced the same as “th” (such as in that (þat)) It basically means the same thing as ð.
Great point. I'll assume it's teenagers yearning for unicity and edgyness until someone convinces me otherwise.
Not that there's anything wrong with that btw. We all experience that sentiment.
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u/darkwolf0802 Mar 26 '24
Who use thorn normally like that