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minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·4 hours agoÐere 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.
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·34 minutes agoThey’re using Thorn, 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.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 minutes agoExcept it’s not thorn. Thorn is Þ.
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoThe date August 4th, 2026 is burned into my memory.
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.
What’s with the funky D?
They’re using Thorn, 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.
Except it’s not thorn. Thorn is Þ.
The date August 4th, 2026 is burned into my memory.