Delta_V@lemmy.world to Witchy Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomædens þe træppenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1533
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minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 months agoI can’t figure out what “træppen” is supposed to be. I mean “mædens” can sound like “maidens” unless you use the soft Danish d. IIRC the ‘þ’ character is a th sound, so “þe” is is pronounced “the”. … But “træppen”? here I’m at a loss.
minus-squareDelta_V@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoþ looks like a 🅱️ “Þa þeofian, scandalwisan mædena syndon smeaþe and wyrcean” just doesn’t hit a modern audience the same way
I can’t figure out what “træppen” is supposed to be. I mean “mædens” can sound like “maidens” unless you use the soft Danish d. IIRC the ‘þ’ character is a th sound, so “þe” is is pronounced “the”.
… But “træppen”? here I’m at a loss.
Trippin
þ looks like a 🅱️
“Þa þeofian, scandalwisan mædena syndon smeaþe and wyrcean” just doesn’t hit a modern audience the same way
nah, don’t do þorn that way