Apr 25, 2018 · Bring Back Þ is a subreddit for þe movement to reintroduce þe letter Þ, pronounced "thorn," an Old English letter representing þe th sound þat fell out of use

Aug 1, 2022 · I understand that the letter þ can be used to represent a "th" and is part of the Icelandic alphabet afaik, but I've noticed a lot of people online starting to use

3. þ Is Historically Purer Than ð and Deserves the Spotlight This argument is a great deal more subjective than the other two, so take it with a grain of salt. I feel like the gl

Jul 5, 2019 · <þ> and <ð> “must have been used by the last quarter of the seventh century”; Differences in usage: at first, <ð> was the most frequent choice (up to about th

Apr 17, 2016 · According to Etymonline the diagraph th was used also in Old English though the use of the "thorn" Þ was prevalent. With the advent of printing "th" definitely rep

Bring Back Þ is a subreddit for þe movement to reintroduce þe letter Þ, pronounced "thorn," an Old English letter representing þe th sound þat fell out of use wiþ þe advent

Dec 9, 2021 · Whenever I'm typing, I use copy-paste to type a þ. It's not very efficient, but I gets þe job done. Annoyingly þough, Reddit really doesn't like people pasting in

Jan 24, 2022 · TIL in middle English, the letter "þ," called "thorn," was used for "th." "The" was written as "þe". In English blackletter, the "þ" and "y" glyphs look similar.

Wikipedia's page on the digraph th says, "In early Old English of the 7th and 8th centuries, the digraph th was used until the Old English Latin alphabet adapted the runic letter �

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