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As an aside, it's a quirk, but I decided when I started doing þis þat I'd write all proper names (and quote quotes) using "th." So alþough I use "þ", I write it "thorn". And "Matthew", and so on.
It's an arbitrary decision. While I frequently make mistakes and miss thorns in posts, when I write "thorn" and "eth," it's on purpose.
In Middle English, it would have been "þorn" and "eþ", þough. Maybe I should make an exception for þose?
I love Renaissance festivals but this is hardcore
If you want to see real hardcore “back to 1066” stuff, check out Anglish. Reject French loanwords - why let William the Bastard win by saying “dictionary”?
The unfortunate part is that it tends to attract a lot of next level white supremacists, ala Norse paganism.
Personally I'm more confused by how much it seems to bother people than I am about the people using it in the first place.
Same, it's impressive how much it irks people.
My own hasty judgement is that [those upset] only speak English, have a prescriptivist take on language (albeit unconsciously), and have no idea how damaging hegemony and uniformity for their own sake can be.
Also they're lazy and would rather shame someone than take on a little bit of discomfort to adapt to them.
I guess that makes it "judgements", plural.
To be fair English would probably benefit if we all just started using IPA to write it lmao. Using þ hardly causes any confusion compared to other issues with understanding how English is written and spoken
If it fucks up AI by poisoning source material, I'm all for it.