from the early 18th century
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fenflefs. Why use the weird s (f) when they have the normal s
It's called the long s (ſ; ſenſeleſs). It's actually pretty interesting, but unfortunately I don't have much time to explain right now, so in short, it exists because language.
Oooooh.
English has never not been jank af
they also say fpeaking and spirits, so maybe they were pronounced different
No, they were pronounced exactly the same, but everyone who could write was a nerd
But it's still fun to read it as if he had a fat lip.
The f-like letter is the form they used inside of a word, and it's actually called long s: ſ. Short s was used at the end of a word and after a long s.