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Pronoun rants are age-old (rule) (files.mastodon.online)
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from the early 18th century

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[–] z500@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.