<incomprehensibly>
alexgordon: idk if this extends beyond just icelandic but in icelandic þ is unvoiced (thick, thorn) and ð is voiced (this, leather)
<alexgordon>
incomprehensibly: yeah I'm not sure how it works for old english
<incomprehensibly>
nod
<alexgordon>
> The letter thorn was used for writing Old English very early on, as was ð; unlike ð, however, thorn remained in common use through most of the Middle English period. Both letters were used for the phoneme /θ/, sometimes by the same scribe. This sound was regularly realised in Old English as the voiced fricative [ð] between voiced sounds, but either letter could be used to write it; the modern use of [ð]
<alexgordon>
in phonetic alphabets is not the same as the Old English orthographic use. A thorn with the ascender crossed (Ꝥ) was a popular abbreviation for the word that.
<alexgordon>
so basically no standard :P
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nuck: shut up nuck you are a nuck
<nuck>
shut up alexgordon you are an alexgordon
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:o
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