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HappyDude Started conversation Jan 12, 2001
May I draw your attention to http://www.h2g2.com/F48874?thread=96884 :-)
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Þing - KCP' - Thingite #15 Posted Jan 12, 2001
Many Þanks for drawing my attention to this. There's a lot to read there, as soon as I get a chance.
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Þing - KCP' - Thingite #15 Posted Mar 7, 2001
Morning? Good grief, look at the time, I must get to bed.
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Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Mar 21, 2001
Shouldn't 'the' be ðe? Þ suggests a hard 'th'.
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Þing - KCP' - Thingite #15 Posted Mar 23, 2001
Well, yes and no. If it's Icelandic, then yes. But in Old English the þ and ð seem to have been interchangeable, and pronunciation depended on their place in the word. But since that means that both are hard 'th' at the beginning of a word, I admit that 'ðe' (in a sort of Icelandic accent) is closer to modern pronunciation.
I seem to be veering in the Icelandic direction anyway, as you will see from this conversation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F54162&thread=102087
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