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Pronoun rants are age-old (rule) (files.mastodon.online)

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from the early 18th century

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's called the long s (ſ; ſenſeleſs). It's actually pretty interesting, but unfortunately I don't have much time to explain right now, so in short, it exists because language.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oooooh.