Þe Old English Letter Þorn!

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:13 pm

I þink it would be pretty sweet if English re-adopted þe letter Þþ, called \"thorn\". It used to stand for any place where þere currently is a \"th\", and it was used until þe typewriter came along. Currently þe Icelandic Language uses it, and I þink þat English would be so much cooler wiþ þis old, but still useful letter

(Trivia: Wiþ þe introduction of þe typewriter þe letter þorn was replaced with a Y, hence þe phrase \"Ye Olde\". It wasn't actually pronounced like þat, but instead was a version of \"Þe Olde\".)

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Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:40 pm

I thought it applied to the voiced \"th\" only, not the unvoiced? Could be wrong though...

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:15 pm

Sirius wrote:I thought it applied to the voiced "th" only, not the unvoiced? Could be wrong though...

Probably, but we don't differentiate þat any more (in spelling), so it would be a huge spelling reform to see which words would need a Ðð, and which a Þþ for common people þat can't tell. As Þþ outlasted Ðð by a long time, I like Þþ better.

Þe only exception would be in compound words, "like Priesthood".

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:50 pm

Oh, great. Now English is going to be even more complicated. :P

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:01 pm

Yea, like I want to buy a bunch of new keyboards, and a cell phone.

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:15 pm

Eh, may as well just start spelling phonetically. I studied Japanese for a semester. One good thing about that language is if you hear something you know how to write it, at least in kana.

Burlyman · Post by **Burlyman** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:43 pm

Japanese 1

Spanish 1

English 0

Not looking good so far. :P

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:37 am

Also, úëþ.

(Anyone remember that?)

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:39 am

i came into this thread expecting Icelandic porn.

But an etymology is fine too

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:42 am

Avder wrote:Eh, may as well just start spelling phonetically. I studied Japanese for a semester. One good thing about that language is if you hear something you know how to write it, at least in kana.

Þe only problem wiþ that is þat you would have to pretty well re-write þe whole language. ALL literature would have to be re-published.

...and I'm typing þis using a standard keyboard. It's called US International Keyboard in your language settings. Just hold down Alt-Gr and press þe T key!

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...but cellphones would be a problem.

(Personally, I'd just like þe option to use either þe "TH" spellings or þe letter þorn in writing. Not for a whole language reform þat everyone must follow.)

úëþ

¿Qué?

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:58 pm

Dakatsu wrote:
Avder wrote:Eh, may as well just start spelling phonetically. I studied Japanese for a semester. One good thing about that language is if you hear something you know how to write it, at least in kana.
The only problem with that is that you would have to pretty well re-write the whole language. ALL literature would have to be re-published.

Fixed your post.

Now, if you want to wait 10, 15 years until everyone has a star trek style pad, and printed books become obsolete, it will be easy to do then as it will likely be easy at that time to just write an algorithm to go through and change whatever words need to be changed.

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:59 pm

I might use the sideways baby bib every now and then just to be cool. :P

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:37 pm

Neo wrote:I might use the sideways baby bib every now and then just to be cool.

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:08 am

hey, that's what it's always reminded me of.

I'm thinking about starting another thread about REALLY really archaic English and post links to some examples just to show how hard it is to read now.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:13 am

Sirius wrote:Also, úëþ.

(Anyone remember that?)

I think so... with Win9x, if you pasted that into Notepad and saved it as a .com executable and ran it, wouldn't it hard lock the system? Of course, Win9x never even pretended to have security, although it wasn't a multi-user OS either, so I suppose it doesn't really make a difference...

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:35 am

Yep. Did the rounds in Kali somewhere around 1998 or so. I believe this is one of the consequences of Win9x being built on DOS - you can run programs in real-mode that prevent the OS kernel from getting CPU time.

null0010 · Post by **null0010** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:48 pm

the rune thorn is angular, not round. scribed properly, it looks like this:

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:41 am

null0010 wrote:the rune thorn is angular, not round.

The letter þorn is round, hence why letters are better

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:32 am

Ah, ubuntu's compose key has it!

And Þe world of goo! :p Þough I would use þhis archaic character more if it didn't count as a spelling mistake. And since grammar and spelling no longer mean anything in E&C I'll start using it here regularly.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:35 am

pppppþþþþþþþþþþ!

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:49 am

Isaac wrote:Ah, ubuntu's compose key has it! And Þe world of goo! :p Þough I would use þhis archaic character more if it didn't count as a spelling mistake. And since grammar and spelling no longer mean anything in E&C I'll start using it here regularly.

I'm going to write javascript code that automatically removes your posts DBB pages I view.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:18 pm

Thenior wrote:
Isaac wrote:Ah, ubuntu's compose key has it! And Þe world of goo! :p Þough I would use þhis archaic character more if it didn't count as a spelling mistake. And since grammar and spelling no longer mean anything in E&C I'll start using it here regularly.
I'm going to write javascript code that automatically removes your posts DBB pages I view.

Well I'm sorry you feel that way. I'll try to be nicer.

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:57 pm

Þufferin' Þuccotash!

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:56 pm

It kind of resembles a tongue sticking out of the mouth, which is what you have to do a little bit to make the sound.

I came up with a phonetic English spelling system a while back, I should post it...

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:02 am

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:48 am

Burlyman · Post by **Burlyman** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:14 am

You bumped this to laugh at your own joke? Seriously?

Sirius wrote:Also, úëþ.

(Anyone remember that?)

In a word, no. :P

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:40 am

hey it took effort to make that

KoolBear · Post by **KoolBear** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:24 am

roid wrote:hey it took effort to make that

lmao, roid you are not a droid!

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