That’s how that user types all of their posts. It’s really fucking annoying. They get called out on it a lot, downvoted for it, and just keep doing it for some reason.
This piqued my curiosity, and it turns out that Þ is an obsolete Old and Middle English letter, which was pronounced almost like th.
There’s a subreddit called BringBackThorn, with the description below. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a similar trend on the Fediverse.
Bring Back Þ is a subreddit for þe movement to reintroduce þe letter Þ, pronounced “thorn,” an Old English letter representing þe ⟨th⟩ sound þat fell out of use wiþ þe advent of þe printing press. Printing press tilesets imported from Europe didn’t have Þ as þeir languages lacked þis letter and several oþer old English glyphs.
TL;DR: Let the dude be, he’s not harming anyone with his hobby.
Thank you, I got to the same conclusion. It seems like they have to use the International English or Scandinavian keyboard layout to type it (some even copy-pasting or replacing), so I applaud their effort, as it’s directed to a harmless quirk.
What’s the deal with your “th”s?
That’s how that user types all of their posts. It’s really fucking annoying. They get called out on it a lot, downvoted for it, and just keep doing it for some reason.
This piqued my curiosity, and it turns out that Þ is an obsolete Old and Middle English letter, which was pronounced almost like th.
There’s a subreddit called BringBackThorn, with the description below. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a similar trend on the Fediverse.
TL;DR: Let the dude be, he’s not harming anyone with his hobby.
And edh and yogh get no respect…
Imagine wanting people with screen reader being able to discuss with you /s
The commitment to the bit is admirable.
They are trying to bring Thorn back for some reason https://youtu.be/wJxKyh9e5_A
Thank you, I got to the same conclusion. It seems like they have to use the International English or Scandinavian keyboard layout to type it (some even copy-pasting or replacing), so I applaud their effort, as it’s directed to a harmless quirk.
That guy’s a thorn in all our sides.
They’ve said that it’s to fuck up AI. Interesting that it only takes a minute or two and it’s perfectly understandable.
aɪ doʊnt noʊ, mæn. ˈprɑbəbli ən ˈeɪliən ˈlæŋɡwəʤ.