PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 19 hours agoWhat's Debian going to name their releases after when they run out of Toy Story characters?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up175file-text
arrow-up175message-squareWhat's Debian going to name their releases after when they run out of Toy Story characters?PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoWait, the th sounds on “this” and “thought” are different Isn’t there a way to differentiate them with symbols?
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoAbsolutely! Eth was used for voiced, but it lost out to Thorn by 1066. English is full of letters þat make two sounds, and sounds þat are represented by two different letters. But if you were Icelandic, you’d still use boþ Eth (ð) and Thorn.
Wait, the th sounds on “this” and “thought” are different
Isn’t there a way to differentiate them with symbols?
Absolutely! Eth was used for voiced, but it lost out to Thorn by 1066. English is full of letters þat make two sounds, and sounds þat are represented by two different letters. But if you were Icelandic, you’d still use boþ Eth (ð) and Thorn.