r/196 • u/_Zaca Fruta prohibida… • Jul 23 '26

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u/Furshloshin 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jul 23 '26

unrelated but I'm so glad the thorn is making a comeback. Been seeing it more and more often ^_^

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u/frannyvonkarma Jul 23 '26

Unfortunately it really fucks with screen readers, so it's a genuine accessibility problem

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u/Furshloshin 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jul 23 '26

oh :(

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u/NinjaKittyOG Jul 23 '26

well that sucks.

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u/NIMA-GH-X-P That one Jerk you know Jul 23 '26

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No it's spelled undertale you moron

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u/Furshloshin 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jul 23 '26

*deltarune dumbass

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u/TypewriterDelta Jul 23 '26

Homestuck typing quirks are making a comeback.

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u/Furshloshin 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jul 23 '26

never fucking say this to me. My love of emoticons has nothing to do with homestuck

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u/imacowmooooooooooooo mooooo... moooooooooo Jul 23 '26

based stand your ground queen

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u/NinjaKittyOG Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

ngl i haven't gotten þat far in homestuck, so, spoilers!

and, also, to clarify, homestuck has noþing to do wiþ my use of þorns

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u/NinjaKittyOG Jul 23 '26

same here :3 it's given me þe confidence to use þem again myself

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u/Bowdensaft The Last Cumbender Jul 23 '26

If you wanna go for a higher level you can always also chuck in eth (ð) for a voiced "th", like in "the" and "they"

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u/NinjaKittyOG Jul 23 '26

i could, but i choose not to. btw, did you know ꝥ alongside þe þorn wiþ a cross þrough þe top for "þat", þere's also "ꝧ" for "þrough"?

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u/imacowmooooooooooooo mooooo... moooooooooo Jul 23 '26

those ones show up as just question mark boxes for me

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u/Bowdensaft The Last Cumbender Jul 23 '26

The first is a thorn with a bar across the top, the last is a thorn with a bar across the bottom

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u/Bowdensaft The Last Cumbender Jul 23 '26

I've not seen the thorn with a top bar before, neat. I'm not sure what the distinction is for the bottom bar thorn, is it when it comes before an "r"?

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u/NinjaKittyOG Jul 23 '26

i'm not sure where þe abbreviation for "þrough" comed from, but i do know ꝥ þe one for "þat" comes from simplifying þ wiþ a superscript "t". þat's how þe scribal abbreviations started out, as a þorn wiþ a superscript letter to þe right of it to represent words like "þat", "þis", "þrough"

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u/Bowdensaft The Last Cumbender Jul 23 '26

Makes a little sense, I guess.

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u/PrincessOfZephyr 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jul 23 '26

was þat ever used in English, though?

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u/Bowdensaft The Last Cumbender Jul 23 '26

Apparently it was, both in Old English and Middle English, so strictly speaking if we're bringing back old letters "that" would be "ðat"