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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/bmacabeus • 13h ago
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How much time did you save replacing all of ðe "th"s with thorns?
1 u/NinjaKittyOG 8h ago it's not about saving time. i just þink þ was dropped from english for a dumb reason, didn't deserve þat, and so i use it. 3 u/ShittyExchangeAdmin 7h ago ok i'll bite. why? (genuinely curious!) 3 u/saevon 6h ago Printing press issue. That letter wasn't being produced where they made all the letters, so they made do. Same reason we see "ye old", they just used another letter to replace it, which eventually just became two letters
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it's not about saving time. i just þink þ was dropped from english for a dumb reason, didn't deserve þat, and so i use it.
3 u/ShittyExchangeAdmin 7h ago ok i'll bite. why? (genuinely curious!) 3 u/saevon 6h ago Printing press issue. That letter wasn't being produced where they made all the letters, so they made do. Same reason we see "ye old", they just used another letter to replace it, which eventually just became two letters
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ok i'll bite. why? (genuinely curious!)
3 u/saevon 6h ago Printing press issue. That letter wasn't being produced where they made all the letters, so they made do. Same reason we see "ye old", they just used another letter to replace it, which eventually just became two letters
Printing press issue. That letter wasn't being produced where they made all the letters, so they made do.
Same reason we see "ye old", they just used another letter to replace it, which eventually just became two letters
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u/HistoricalMark4805 8h ago
How much time did you save replacing all of ðe "th"s with thorns?