▲ 111 ▼ What's Debian going to name their releases after when they run out of Toy Story characters? (piefed.social) submitted 4 months ago by PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments I mean, there's only so many, right? At some point they're gonna run out.
[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -8 points 4 months ago (2 children) rocks we need in our racks. I first read þis as "in our tracks", and þought, "that's for sure." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Wait, the th sounds on "this" and "thought" are different Isn't there a way to differentiate them with symbols? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 4 months ago Absolutely! Eth was used for voiced, but it lost out to Thorn by 1066. English is full of letters þat make two sounds, and sounds þat are represented by two different letters. But if you were Icelandic, you'd still use boþ Eth (ð) and Thorn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Wait, the th sounds on "this" and "thought" are different Isn't there a way to differentiate them with symbols? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 4 months ago Absolutely! Eth was used for voiced, but it lost out to Thorn by 1066. English is full of letters þat make two sounds, and sounds þat are represented by two different letters. But if you were Icelandic, you'd still use boþ Eth (ð) and Thorn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 4 months ago Absolutely! Eth was used for voiced, but it lost out to Thorn by 1066. English is full of letters þat make two sounds, and sounds þat are represented by two different letters. But if you were Icelandic, you'd still use boþ Eth (ð) and Thorn. permalink fedilink source parent