I thought that þ was soft and ð was hard. So why are people using the þ for ð when typing?

    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Not consistently—the more usual pattern is to use þ at the beginning of words and ð internally, even if the internal sound is voiceless.

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        25 days ago

        I had assumed they were allophones and always wondered if there was a minimal pair to prove otherwise. It turns out though there is one: tooth (n) vs tooth (v), or tooþ vs tooð.

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        23 days ago

        Not consistently—the more usual pattern is to use þ at the beginning of words and ð internally, even if the internal sound is voiceless.

        I’d really like to see an example of a voiceless ð. I can’t think of one as a native speaker.

        (You then get internal þ in compound words which we shan’t consider a contradiction)