PhlubbaDubba to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 hours agoQuoþ ð Tankies, "BUT DEMS SAME ÐO!"i.imgur.comimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down121
arrow-up1209arrow-down1imageQuoþ ð Tankies, "BUT DEMS SAME ÐO!"i.imgur.comPhlubbaDubba to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 hours agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 hours agoWhy write “the” as “ð” instead of “ðe”?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoMaybe they pronounce it “ðə”, and they’re implying the schwa by default
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbaOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down13·3 hours agoKinda, but also it’s a shorthand borrowed from similar spelling reforms, namely Shavian.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbaOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down18·3 hours agoBorrowed from oðer writing reforms in which ð equivalent letter is also shorthanded for “the” I have a whole load of ðem, but stick to just using ð and þ because ð prescriptivists would never shut up if I brought out ð whole bag of fun.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 hour agoYou don’t feel like bringing a massively distracting schtick to a political post detracts from your point? Trump is openly rætfuçking the election, lóók at mï!
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours agoDescriptivists would also point out you’re trying to singlehandedly do a thing to an entire language, and would you fucking stop please.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbaOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 hours agoI’m not trying to do a þing to an entire language, I’m doing a þing because I like doing it And no. You being a pissant about it only makes me want to do it more!
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours agoAlways the sign of a reasonable opinion. No, sorry, the other thing - trolling. Always a sign of trolling. Or possibly a kneejerk oppositional disorder.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbaOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoIf all it takes to troll you is seeing a different letter, you deserve getting trolled. Out here wið ðat Bill Maher “Get off my damn lawn!” energy.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour ago‘Your precise argument against this makes me do it harder!’ Fuck off.
Why write “the” as “ð” instead of “ðe”?
A desire to be arbitrarily special
Maybe they pronounce it “ðə”, and they’re implying the schwa by default
Kinda, but also it’s a shorthand borrowed from similar spelling reforms, namely Shavian.
Borrowed from oðer writing reforms in which ð equivalent letter is also shorthanded for “the”
I have a whole load of ðem, but stick to just using ð and þ because ð prescriptivists would never shut up if I brought out ð whole bag of fun.
You don’t feel like bringing a massively distracting schtick to a political post detracts from your point? Trump is openly rætfuçking the election, lóók at mï!
Descriptivists would also point out you’re trying to singlehandedly do a thing to an entire language, and would you fucking stop please.
I’m not trying to do a þing to an entire language, I’m doing a þing because I like doing it
And no.
You being a pissant about it only makes me want to do it more!
Always the sign of a reasonable opinion.
No, sorry, the other thing - trolling. Always a sign of trolling. Or possibly a kneejerk oppositional disorder.
If all it takes to troll you is seeing a different letter, you deserve getting trolled.
Out here wið ðat Bill Maher “Get off my damn lawn!” energy.
‘Your precise argument against this makes me do it harder!’
Fuck off.