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There should be a coding font with that long s.
That would annoy my coworkers 
I'd rather be phishing!
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Not just in English.
In the German it has survived to this day as a part of the eszett or ß
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There was also an additional letter in the alphabet: Thorn (letter) - Wikipedia[^] - which is why you still see "Ye Olde Tea Shoppe" as "quaint cafés" - "Ye" is a thorn pronounced "the".
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It still exists in Icelandic (Þ), along with eth (đ) for "soft" th.
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We have it in Welsh as well: Dd
Also a soft "th".
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Is it always soft, or is it contextual? Llandudno was tricky enough already!
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Welsh pronunciation is very consistent - they will nearly always be pronounced in the same way. Instead we use mutations where the letter changes to make pronunciation easier (and sound better!)
So "Croeso i Cymru" ("Welcome to Wales") becomes "Croeso i Gymru" in written and pronounced forms.
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C P T changes to G B D
D B G changes to Double-D F dim
I learned that almost 70 years ago. Weird how some things never leave you.
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That explains it! I thought OG was just writing the upper and lower case versions: Dd. But D is literally doubled to mean dh! So C must always be hard (=K), though I don't know what you mean by dim. Something like a Spanish J?
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Dim is a Welsh word meaning nothing. And in the rhyme it indicates that in a word beginning with G, the G will change to nothing (i.e. the G will disappear). Thus garreg (rock) becomes yr arreg (the rock). Sounds weird but Welsh is actually a nice logical language, unlike English. I just wish I could remember more of it.
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Interesting, thanks. Almost as interesting as some bloke with a Scottish name being born in India and learning Welsh at a young age. 
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And lived in Turkey for two years, learning some of that language also. 
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But the thorn (or thurs, capital Þ minuscule þ) doesn't look like a Y at all.
The Kaun or ᚴ, in medieval runes does though. I think someone messed up again.
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Franklin: "the purfuit of happineff"?
Jefferson: "the pursuit of happiness"
Franklin: all your Ss look like Fs!
Jefferson: it's stylish, it's "in", very "in"
(From "Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years")
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: happineff
According to the rules in Chris' link, shouldn't that be "happineſs"?
(Unless it's the 2006 version, in which case it should be "happyneſs".)
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What I wonder is why Spiderman used to print and sell Paradiſe Loſt! 
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Exactly what I wanted to comment...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Very interesting Chris. Thanks a lot for the link.  
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Was Bonnie Prince Charlie was the only man ever named after three sheepdogs?
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You have an uncanine sense of irony. Perhaps you can fetch up some further thoughts on "The Roils" whilst I paws for a coffee break.
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