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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)
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[–] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Old English was never consistent about the difference between thorn (þorn) and eth (eð), and they were used interchangeably in English writing.

(Unlike Icelandic, where þ is consistently the unvoiced sound and ð is the voiced sound.)