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Thorn (þ) probably went out of use for a reason, and it's not coming back anytime soon. (piefed.social)
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It's too similar to p and b. And just look at this: thorn, thee, too vs: þorn, þee, Þoo

Plus, spelling "th" as two separate letters just has that aura that the half-mast p can only dream of.

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[–] anna@retrofed.com 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Perhaps you should spearhead an initiative on turning existing letters into digraphs.

For example, 'x' should probably be 'ks'. 'w' very much yearns to be 'vv', and 'm' looks like 'nn'. 'Y' is obviously just 'ie'. 'q' is a failed letter – make it 'kh' like in all the bad science fiction. In fact, all the harsh consonants like 'k', 't' and 'p' should be digraphs: 'gh', 'dh' and 'bh'.

Do ieou lighe mie eghsannbhles?

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Funnily enough, x is often enough referred to as "iks" in my language (Croatian), and w is "duplo V" (double V) (but WWW is read as VVV).

Q, however, absolutely SLAPS as a letter.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i think english should clean up its vowel pronunciation first... ghoti-isms isn't a thing in most languages

[–] MxRemy@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

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[–] notabot@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Do ieou lighe mie eghsannbhles?

Sean Connery, is that you?