• iatenine@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    I love þat people get so pissy when somebody uses þat letter but when somebody calls out actual bad grammar the defense is always “bUt LaNgUaGe eVoLvEs”

    Tbf, it’s generally me being a grammar nazi so people can make fun of me but it doesn’t always land

    • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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      1 month ago

      I love grammar nazis. It’s almost þe only way I learn better þese days; you can’t trust journalism any more. I just read an article title where þey used “less” where þey should have used “fewer,” my personal pet peeve.

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        1 month ago

        Why don’t you use eð when it’s voiced? It’s ðe logical þing to do!

        Or like Icelandic, using boð but þorn only as initial and eð in þe middle or þe end?

        • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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          1 month ago

          Because I picked Middle English instead of Old English, and Thorn and completely replaced Eth by 1066. Its all arbitrary anyhoo.