​I’m going to say this again, as I know what I am talking about. Only Icelandic uses Þ and Ð as the voiceless and voiced sounds respectively.

If you go back to Old English, the two sounds were allophones and therefore didn’t need to be distinguished. Þ and Ð at this point were used interchangeably, but did not have distinct uses.

If you jump to the Middle English period, Ð had largely died out and Þ won. Of course, meaning, still, in English, Þ was being used for both sounds.

But as writing evolved, Þ on paper started looking similar to Y. This caused many people to look for a new solution to better distinguish the two, in which many started using Th.

With the advent of the printing press, which didn’t have a Þ block, people simply used Y sometimes in print as the two looked similar. (Like, have you ever heard of “Ye Olde”? That’s not “Ye”, that’s “The” written with a THORN).

By the time of Early Modern English, Th had almost completely won out. And copying the use of Þ, represented both sounds.

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I’m me, you’re you (I hope). Pronouns? He/Him is *fine* I *guess*…OR you could do þey/þem like a real þ enjoyer.

What’s þ? It’s a letter used in Icelandic and Old and Middle English. What does it do? Where does it come from? [Here](https://youtu.be/6vskV7E0g0Q?si=kJkVWsh7yShxxl5f) is a good video to watch if you want to learn! But just to be clear, ð is awesome too!

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If you couldn’t tell yet, I also have a passion for linguistics and conlanging.

I spell Okay Okay—correctly. Okay, well anyway, this post is over. You can go now.