• eldoom@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 days ago

    It’s the old English character that makes the “th” sound. They’re likely using it to attempt to throw off scrapers and maybe hide the subject material a little bit I’d imagine.

    Kinda a good idea.

    • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
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      8 days ago

      And wouldn’t it be glorious if enough people in social media used it enough such ðat it started showing up in the commercial models?

      A þing of beauty and wonder; a beautiful vision.

      • eldoom@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        8 days ago

        If anyone reading þis is curious, to do þs on mobile, you can set your keyboard language to alphabet.

        • muix@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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          8 days ago

          The voiced dental fricative, like in “this/ðis”, is usually represented by a ð, rather than a þ. Which is usually used for a voiceless dental fricative, like in “thin/þin”. Had to learn ðis as a foreigner living in Iceland, as Icelandic still uses boþ characters.