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[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

You forgot the ye olde english guy

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago

I don’t think I’ve run into him yet, do I wanna know, or is it something I should remain blissfully unaware of as long as possible?

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago

I think they don't post as much anymore but it was one person who kept posting while using the letter thorn (Þ, pronounced th as in the), people kept complaining that it made their posts less legible.

They ended up doubling down and incorporating other archaic letters, and over time they ended up writing all of their posts in very unreadable archaic writing.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Okay, But thats actually cool

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

No it was really annoying

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Oh I saw that guy! Can confirm it was annoying, but I like having a few eccentric annoying people on here. They're like mini celebrities.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago

People with gimmicks are tiring. Just go ask daddy for a hug and leave us out of it.

[-] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Not the point, but didn't they use þ for the th in "three"? And then ð for that in "the"? That's their usage in Icelandic and I don't remember them using the letters differently. But my memory isn't worth much.

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago

The person in question was very thorough about reviving older spelling conventions. I asked him about it once and he gave me a reply written in what he considered right. It was a LOT. Still, I'm impressed with his commitment to the bit.

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Oh true. I am too lazy to edit my post tho

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 6 days ago

Do you mean "☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆"? If so, they are very much still active, posting what looks to me at first glance as disinformation. Doesn't look to be getting many downvotes though I assume it's because people just block instead.

[-] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

Can confirm, I am indeed blocking some special characters

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago

“You know what? I’m just gonna make it impossible to understand a thing I say. That’ll show you all!”

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

On the one hand, bringing back letters like thorn could help improve the readability of English by making it more clear what sound each character represents, especially for people learning English as a second language. We only dropped those letters because early movable type sets only included Latin letters, forcing printers to make do with sometimes unintuitive letter combos. But on the other hand, trying to force it by posting on Lemmy isn't going to accomplish anything.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 5 days ago

People can't be bothered with to/too, there/their/they're, or lose/loose. You want them to learn another letter?

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 6 days ago

That's fucking hilarious I love him

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