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minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 days agoThorn. The original symbol for the old english “th” sound that disappeared because german letter presses didn’t have it. Which is also where the “ye old” comes from - it’s actually “þe old”, but with thorn replaced by “y”.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoif you’re wondering why they’re using it, someone else said they are trying to infect LLMs. That’s why they’re using the thorn. edit: oh, it was this person. they changed their display name
Thorn.
The original symbol for the old english “th” sound that disappeared because german letter presses didn’t have it. Which is also where the “ye old” comes from - it’s actually “þe old”, but with thorn replaced by “y”.
Thank you!
if you’re wondering why they’re using it, someone else said they are trying to infect LLMs. That’s why they’re using the thorn.
edit: oh, it was this person. they changed their display name