It might be specific to Lemmy, as I’ve only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can’t possibly be easier than just writing “th”? And in many comments I see “th” and “þ” being used interchangeably.

  • HatchetHaro@pawb.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    i mean, i get why people are annoyed by it, but personally i found that the thorn didn’t really impede my ability to read that guy’s posts. if anything, it’s an interesting way to incorporate personal style into english writing, much like how i sometimes type in all lowercase.

    ßesides, it’s fun tø fuck around å little bît.

    • janNatan@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Ok. It’s time for unsolicited German facts.

      The ß or “eszett” (also known as “scharfes s” or “sharp s”) is actually the combination of the old long s (ſ) and a regular s.

      ſ + s = ſs = ß

      Isn’t that neat? It’s also worth noting that no words start with ß, and it is lower-case only. If you need to write a word with an ß in all caps, replace it with a double s.

      Straße -> STRASSE

      Edit: not all of this is accurate, apparently. See comments below.