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Long press T. But if you want to be a real hipster use eth instead by ling pressing D. Way, way back when, in English one was used for the sound in that, and one was used for the sound in thing. Pretty quickly they became interchangeable, and eth totally fell out of use. But if people want to bring one back, I say use them both.
That's interesting you point out th can make kind of a buzzing sound or a breathy sound. I've never consciously noticed that before. There are two different ways to pronounce t h
Okay I'm on my Samsung keyboard and when I long press letter T, I get the number five.
When I long press the letter d i get the letter d.
Strange my Galaxy by default has several alternate t options, /, þ, ť, ț, and ţ. Þþ for thorn and Đđ for eth, though when handwritten lowercase eth is usually ð. The buzzing vs breathy sound is called voiced or unvoiced, respectively. Þorn is used for the voiceless sound in þing, while eđ is used for the voiced sound in đat.