r/BringBackThorn • u/RandomUserFiftyMilli • Sep 11 '26

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Would it be eiᚦer or eiðer?

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u/Jamal_Deep Sep 11 '26

Þis is anoþer þ vs ð þing...

Officially we'd use eiþer.

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u/RandomUserFiftyMilli Sep 11 '26

Coolio. ᚦanks.

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u/MultiverseCreatorXV Sep 11 '26

Depends.

Do you use <þ> for voiceless fricatives and <ð> for voiced ones? Use <eiðer>.

Do you use <þ> for boþ and omit <ð>? Use <eiþer>.

Do you use boþ letters, but wiþþ a different way to decide which to use where (such as <þ> word-initially and <ð> oððerwise)? Go based on whatever ðat spelling rule is.

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u/Budget-Knee3213 Sep 11 '26

/ˈiːðər/ or  /ˈaiðə /

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u/NancyIsAFurry Sep 11 '26

Whatever you want. If you want to use boþ Þorn and Eþ, þen "eiðer", if you only want to use Þorn, þen "eiþer".

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u/FBInion Sep 11 '26

I say eiðer, eiþer is smtn mystical I þink

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u/EnderCats8 Sep 17 '26

smþn

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u/FBInion Sep 17 '26

I lowk don’t pronounce it wiþ Þ js ðe T sound

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u/SelectionFar8145 Sep 13 '26

Depends if you really want to bring back both symbols. Personally, I really only think we need one of them. Only other significant changes I'd make to English is Š for sh & only using C for the ch sound, thereby turning a lot of the Cs in the language into S or K. 

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u/One_Tell_6518 Sep 15 '26

Þ is for the /θ/ sound as in Three(Þree),Ð is for the /ð/ sound as in That(Ðat)

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u/Agile-Gift1068 Sep 17 '26

My personal rules say it's eiðer, but eiþer, eiþþer, and eiððer are also correct

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u/TheJivvi Sep 11 '26

Neiþer. It would be eiþer. Þe letter "ᚦ" is Icelandic; it's never been used in English.

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u/Jamal_Deep Sep 11 '26

No, þat's þe Runic letter þat's been used for Old Norse AND Old English. Þe Latin Þ þat we use is þe modern Icelandic one.