• samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    FYI, þ is only supposed to be used for the “th” sound in “think” or “thin.” The “th” sound in “that” is ð (eth).

    • GandalftheBlack@feddit.org
      1·
      2 months ago

      This is just not true. Eth and thorn were used interchangeably by English scribes. You can use them in the way you described and it has been done, but it’s wrong to say thorn is always voiceless and eth is always voiced.

    • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
      45·
      2 months ago

      In Icelandic, and before 1033. Thorn had replaced eth by þe Middle English period.

      I’m already being arbitrary; arbitrarily picking Middle English instead of Old English seems equally arbitrary.