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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Ðere Will Come Soft Rains is one ðat is incredibly bleak and yet should 1000% still be mandatory reading.

Especially for students wið future political aspirations.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago (6 children)
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

They're using ~~Thorn~~ Edd, the single character that represented the Th sound in old English (still used in Icelandic).

It's a harmless little quirk in their own writing, although editing the title of a book to include it seems pretty silly.

[–] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 2 points 7 months ago

I think he/she is on a mission to reform English orthography. This is their personal evangelism. I'm ok with it.

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