PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 hours agoQuoþ ð Tankies, "BUT DEMS SAME ÐO!"i.imgur.comimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down121
arrow-up1201arrow-down1imageQuoþ ð Tankies, "BUT DEMS SAME ÐO!"i.imgur.comPhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squarerumschlumpellinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 hours agoWhy write “the” as “ð” instead of “ðe”?
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 minutes agoA desire to be arbitrarily special
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoMaybe they pronounce it “ðə”, and they’re implying the schwa by default
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down13·3 hours agoKinda, but also it’s a shorthand borrowed from similar spelling reforms, namely Shavian.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down18·3 hours agoBorrowed from oðer writing reforms in which ð equivalent letter is also shorthanded for “the” I have a whole load of ðem, but stick to just using ð and þ because ð prescriptivists would never shut up if I brought out ð whole bag of fun.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·54 minutes agoYou don’t feel like bringing a massively distracting schtick to a political post detracts from your point? Trump is openly rætfuçking the election, lóók at mï!
Why write “the” as “ð” instead of “ðe”?
A desire to be arbitrarily special
Maybe they pronounce it “ðə”, and they’re implying the schwa by default
Kinda, but also it’s a shorthand borrowed from similar spelling reforms, namely Shavian.
Borrowed from oðer writing reforms in which ð equivalent letter is also shorthanded for “the”
I have a whole load of ðem, but stick to just using ð and þ because ð prescriptivists would never shut up if I brought out ð whole bag of fun.
You don’t feel like bringing a massively distracting schtick to a political post detracts from your point? Trump is openly rætfuçking the election, lóók at mï!