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I kind of wish we still used thorn, edh, and yogh. But I'm weird like that.

by bovermyer 6y ago

urxvtcd 6y ago
Long s was cool too. Also a bummer that we stopped using past perfect in Polish some time ago.
- mcguire 6y ago
  As long as it's the long 's' and not the 'f' used as long 's'.
zeveb 6y ago
Ðere's no reason ðat we can't resume now! I þink ðat þeȝ look just fine!
- mc32 6y ago
  Let’s also begin pronouncing the silent k’s... but write them with c’s and let the ‘ch’ version of c be contextual again
- bovermyer 6y ago
  Haha, that would mess with people something fierce.
  - zeveb 6y ago
    And juſt you wait until we ſtart uſing long S too!
DonaldFisk 6y ago
Nothing stopping you. I do, when I'm writing. As any written communication from me is typed, only a few people know this. Incidentally, thorn and yogh are still occasionally used today: thorn (written as y) at the beginning of some pub names, e.g. "Ye Olde Mitre Inn", and yogh (written as z) in some Scottish surnames: Menzies (traditionally pronounced "mingus"), Dalziel (pronounced "dee-el"), Mackenzie (derived from Gaelic MacCoinnich, but now with a spelling pronunciation in English).
- Accacin 6y ago
  Heh, when I was younger I went through a phrase of writing almost everything in Anglo-Saxon runes.
  - Baeocystin 6y ago
    It happened to me, too. I blame Ultima IV!
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    I blame The Hobbit.
- stordoff 6y ago
  Particularly when it's just notes for yourself. My own writing has a variety of influences, mostly for speed and legibility, used fairly inconsistently: * (ab)uses of mathematical notation (three dots - ∴/∵ - for therefore/because; definition/solution/information become def^n/sol^n/inform^n; iff for if and only if) * print but using ƒ for f and a cursive/rounded k * 7 and Z have a bar (like Ƶ, to aid in distinguishing from 1/2) * 1.8K becomes 1K8 (mostly for resistors, but occasionally 1800 in any context becomes 1K8 and 1,800,000 1M8, particularly when writing fast) * there's an occasional touch of Japanese (mostly mo/も for as well, and ya/や for a non-exhaustive and)
dahart 6y ago
You might enjoy learning Icelandic, which I’ve been told may be the closest language to old english that’s still in modern use.
- brennanpeterson 6y ago
  Frisian is, last I checked. Some.migjt argue it is a Dutch dialect, I guess From German to Dutch to Frisian to Scots to English is a great way to train your ear and language sense. The great golden era blog 'Making Light' would post old English of various ages. https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008591.html https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008591.html

I kind of wish we still used thorn, edh, and yogh. But I'm weird like that.

urxvtcd 6y ago

Long s was cool too. Also a bummer that we stopped using past perfect in Polish some time ago.

mcguire 6y ago
As long as it's the long 's' and not the 'f' used as long 's'.

zeveb 6y ago

Ðere's no reason ðat we can't resume now! I þink ðat þeȝ look just fine!

mc32 6y ago
Let’s also begin pronouncing the silent k’s... but write them with c’s and let the ‘ch’ version of c be contextual again
bovermyer 6y ago
Haha, that would mess with people something fierce.
- zeveb 6y ago
  And juſt you wait until we ſtart uſing long S too!

DonaldFisk 6y ago

Nothing stopping you. I do, when I'm writing. As any written communication from me is typed, only a few people know this. Incidentally, thorn and yogh are still occasionally used today: thorn (written as y) at the beginning of some pub names, e.g. "Ye Olde Mitre Inn", and yogh (written as z) in some Scottish surnames: Menzies (traditionally pronounced "mingus"), Dalziel (pronounced "dee-el"), Mackenzie (derived from Gaelic MacCoinnich, but now with a spelling pronunciation in English).

Accacin 6y ago
Heh, when I was younger I went through a phrase of writing almost everything in Anglo-Saxon runes.
- Baeocystin 6y ago
  It happened to me, too. I blame Ultima IV!
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  I blame The Hobbit.
stordoff 6y ago
Particularly when it's just notes for yourself. My own writing has a variety of influences, mostly for speed and legibility, used fairly inconsistently: * (ab)uses of mathematical notation (three dots - ∴/∵ - for therefore/because; definition/solution/information become def^n/sol^n/inform^n; iff for if and only if) * print but using ƒ for f and a cursive/rounded k * 7 and Z have a bar (like Ƶ, to aid in distinguishing from 1/2) * 1.8K becomes 1K8 (mostly for resistors, but occasionally 1800 in any context becomes 1K8 and 1,800,000 1M8, particularly when writing fast) * there's an occasional touch of Japanese (mostly mo/も for as well, and ya/や for a non-exhaustive and)

dahart 6y ago

You might enjoy learning Icelandic, which I’ve been told may be the closest language to old english that’s still in modern use.

brennanpeterson 6y ago
Frisian is, last I checked. Some.migjt argue it is a Dutch dialect, I guess From German to Dutch to Frisian to Scots to English is a great way to train your ear and language sense. The great golden era blog 'Making Light' would post old English of various ages. https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008591.html https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008591.html