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minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·1 month agoIn Icelandic, and before 1033. Thorn had replaced eth by þe Middle English period. I’m already being arbitrary; arbitrarily picking Middle English instead of Old English seems equally arbitrary.
minus-squareKyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoAll I want to know is… Why?
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBecause they are linguistics nerd. Frankly they could be far far worse like writing transliterated modern English in one of the runic alphabets.
In Icelandic, and before 1033. Thorn had replaced eth by þe Middle English period.
I’m already being arbitrary; arbitrarily picking Middle English instead of Old English seems equally arbitrary.
All I want to know is… Why?
Because they are linguistics nerd. Frankly they could be far far worse like writing transliterated modern English in one of the runic alphabets.