• DaGeek247@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    Looks like theyre trying to bring a new character into mainstream circulation. Kinda like the sarcasm mark. Honestly, considering the other people I’ve run into on the fediverse it’s actually a pretty tame character trait.

    I’m just happy this is a person being an individual, as compared to everywhere else where everyone is the exact same. (or an LLM pretending to be the exact same)

    • VioletSoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      the thorn isn’t a new character, it is pronounced like ‘th’ and is a very old character! Like from the old timey english where you can’t understand the poetry I think.

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      4 days ago

      Aw, þanks! Reactions vary, from angry bans, to insults, to apparent indifference, to supportive. Lots an lots of “why?” But many who þink I’m on a crusade to resurrect þe character, which I’m absolutely not.

      Your’s is probably the sweetest expression yet, and I can only aspire to be as accepting.

      If I could normalize any non-standard character, it’d be þe interrobang; sadly, þere’s not enough occasion to use it.

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          3 days ago

          Naw, I miss þem all þe time. I only use þem in þis account, so it’s not, like, habitual.

          I don’t use eth because thorn replaced it by þe Middle English period, before 1066.