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minus-squareZidane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoNeat! Thanks for sharing. I knew about the thorn and then saw on the wiki the “Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkɔːðaˌfɔsːft]” and my brain kinda shut off lol. Wasn’t y also a th character back in “ye olde” times for example? English is weird.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoYes, I believe the thorn had been replaced with a y when typesetting was first getting started, for some reason
Neat! Thanks for sharing. I knew about the thorn and then saw on the wiki the “Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkɔːðaˌfɔsːft]” and my brain kinda shut off lol.
Wasn’t y also a th character back in “ye olde” times for example?
English is weird.
Yes, I believe the thorn had been replaced with a y when typesetting was first getting started, for some reason