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[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Kid was right. That tomato didn't rot. Something was up with it

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Þe kid clearly needs chemical treatment if he rotted quicker þan þe tomato

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Haha, what a delight, my first wild spotting of the thorn (þ) character! I watched a YouTube video by a language nerd who'd love to see it resurrected :)

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yup! I've decided to be þe change I want to ſee :-) Alſo it would be ſuper cool for Engliſh to have its own addition to þe Latin alphabet like oþer languages have!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh, that's strange! I used to hate that Spanish (my first language) had all these extra additions to the base Latin alphabet as a kid and thought English looked more elegant for that reason. So for someone to actively want that feels strange.

I mean, now I know better having learned a bit of linguistics, but it's still trippy for someone like me coming from the other side having grown up with these preconceived ideas.

I really like the alternative spelling, though. I think it could be useful for teaching English pronunciation.

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