2026-10-01 08:48 UTC
Replies (16)
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@SturmUndDranger@mastodon.ie 2026-10-01 09:09
@golgaloth@writing.exchange what? Ash is obsolete???? I still use it as a ligature! Does that make me an out of touch nerd?
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@drj@typo.social 2026-10-01 09:31
@golgaloth@writing.exchange hehe. "Obsolete English Letter Alignment Chart" when? Also, where is R rotunda?
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@Dewines@toot.wales 2026-10-01 09:59
@golgaloth@writing.exchange Some old Welsh books use Eth for the voiced th, but then spelling was standardised and now we use "dd" instead.
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@valhalla@social.gl-como.it 2026-10-01 10:20
@golgaloth@writing.exchange come on! ſ is not obsolete, it has been in widespread use until yesterday! And it's not even *English*, it's pretty widespread through Europe Ᵹ, on the other hand. (but ȝ is also nice) What do you mean “You are a nerd”? of course I am a nerd, was there ever any doubt about it? :D
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@Simpike@pixelfed.social 2026-10-01 11:03
I'm Team Thorn all the way
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@redjives@todon.eu 2026-10-01 13:01
@golgaloth@writing.exchange Obsolete?? I use þ all the time! (as a scribal abbreviation of “the”.)
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@catsalad@infosec.exchange 2026-10-01 13:12
@golgaloth@writing.exchange ẜo mean 😭
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@nickrauchen@c.im 2026-10-01 13:26
@golgaloth@writing.exchange And what's with the 'ff' for 'ss' in old English texts from before 1800? Good old "Maffachufetts"! 😉
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@Aurani@tech.lgbt 2026-10-01 14:07
@golgaloth@writing.exchange Gotta go with my Ash; but I wouldn't kick a Thorn out of bed.
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@wcbdata@vis.social 2026-10-01 14:09
@golgaloth@writing.exchange ꙮ
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@Staraven1@transfem.social 2026-10-01 14:55
@golgaloth@writing.exchange am tempted to switch to using þ & ð tbh (ðese ones have some utility (especially togeðer), ðe oðer ones, far less so imo)
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@chelivan@meow.social 2026-10-01 15:24
@golgaloth@writing.exchange Wait, I like ethel (œ) and I don't know what that says about me now.
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@nep@mstdn.ca 2026-10-01 15:50
@golgaloth@writing.exchange they got me dead on first try
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@ZenHeathen@beige.party 2026-10-01 16:04
@golgaloth@writing.exchange I was about to post just yesterday about how I'd love to see long S return, and it's not even my top choice!
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@madengineering@hachyderm.io 2026-10-01 16:12
@golgaloth@writing.exchange Our lord of the rarely-used-glyphs.
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@kirtai@tech.lgbt 2026-10-01 16:18
@golgaloth@writing.exchange Oh god, now I'm tempted to use them in programming.