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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

Who are we talking about again? Pretty sure I blocked that guy almost instantly.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Its like adding spice to the language, and sadly some people just can't handle anything that isn't children's food.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

More "switching brand of margarine" than "adding spice", IMO.

[–] stankcheez@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Iceland over here like the 50 Cent "why he say fuck me for" meme

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this weird trend is dumb. But I also think this meme is mean spirited and is also dumb.

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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Þhat's just, like, your opinion, man

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[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'll admit, as soon as I see it I stop reading.

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[–] epicshepich@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago

Þuck my balls!

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

ᛊᚢᚲ ᛗᛇ ᚾᚢᛏᛊ - ᚾᛟᚦᛁᛜ ᚹᚱᛟᛜ ᚹᛁᚦ ᛏᚺᛖ "ᚦ"

Yes, I've installed a Runic keyboard on NixOS - what about it?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Does it support Bluetooth?

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ah yes, English. The language with the most inconsistent orthography and pronunciation.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree with the conclusion, and it is a little cringe, but ultimately, it's not THAT much of a problem to get worked up over.

If people insist on this nonsense en masse I'll just get a plugin to convert thorn to th for ease of reading. No big deal, life goes on for both parties.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

But how else am I going to show everyone I'm a special little boy that will single handedly bring down AI learning

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago

Don't tell Sxen then

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not that I expect to see it ever happen, but English could benefit from an alphabet/writing revamp like Korea did.

I don't know any Korean but understand that it's one of the easier languages to learn because of that.

I do know that Japanese was pretty easy to read, at least before any Kanji are involved. Despite having two alphabets (think like if for bold text, we had different symbols instead of making the same ones heavier, though they have other uses in Japanese, too). It's because they are always pronounced the same, no contextual changes. It gave the impression that Japanese was easy to learn (until Kanji smashed that idea to pieces lol).

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Þis is bullshit. 

[–] wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

You're all a bunch of sad mean assholes if something like that causes you to ridicule someone over something so trivial. Wishing you all the same

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember that most people reading stuff are likely to not be native English speakers 🙃

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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm having issues with thorn being present in a query in my accounting system for some reason.

It adds to my hate...

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

By that logic we should all start speaking in German because if AI cant filter out the thorn it also clearly wont understand German

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meþinks ðou doſt proteſt too much.

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