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[–] Kurtagag@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I dont know what that sounds like!

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

voiceless /th/ as in "thorn". The letter is called thorn too

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Generally it's used for both voiced and voiceless forms by hipsters and most of its historical use. There was a relatively short time eth was used for voiced th in English, but they became interchangeable for either sound quickly, and then eth fell out of use.