▲ 585 ▼ ænyøne with me? (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 251 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children) If we're mucking the alphabet, though, we really should bring back the thorn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) (If for no other reason than to also bring back the you/thou formal/informal split so I get fewer stares when I point out that the best translation of Exodus 20:13 is really more like "hey, man, no murders!") permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jason_is_json@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (1 child) using that letter thorn becomes 'þorn' lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago lmao permalink fedilink source parent [–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago* Translation from... An older version of English? I'm pretty sure that distinction is not in the original Hebrew. (good joke though) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jason_is_json@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (1 child) using that letter thorn becomes 'þorn' lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago* Translation from... An older version of English? I'm pretty sure that distinction is not in the original Hebrew. (good joke though) permalink fedilink source parent