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What's up with everyone using this "þ" character instead of "th"? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by penguin202124@sh.itjust.works to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nope. Phonemes or their groups, most commonly represented by IPA characters, map to a sound. If you know anything about English spelling, you'll know that letters and sounds don't correspond in many cases.

However, you are right that "letter" can be used for any segmental (phoneme-based) writing system, including runic (examples)

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