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Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That character is called a thorn and is pronounced as a "th" sound. It's from Old English and fell out of use iirc, but some people like to use it

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know, but when reading the comments, that's all I saw.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah. I agree wiþ you. Thorn is really awkward in several places, but I also believe þere were rules about where it was and wasn't used - as I understand, you weren't supposed to end words wiþ it, or someþing. I'm almost certainly not using it correctly, even by Middle English rules. I particularly dislike it in "þis", but þems þe breaks.