Masimatutu@mander.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 months agoPronoun rants are age-old (rule)files.mastodon.onlineimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1219arrow-down1imagePronoun rants are age-old (rule)files.mastodon.onlineMasimatutu@mander.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agothey also say fpeaking and spirits, so maybe they were pronounced different
minus-squareMasimatutu@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 months agoNo, they were pronounced exactly the same, but everyone who could write was a nerd
minus-squareoctoperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoBut it’s still fun to read it as if he had a fat lip.
minus-squarez500@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 months agoThe f-like letter is the form they used inside of a word, and it’s actually called long s: ſ. Short s was used at the end of a word and after a long s.
they also say fpeaking and spirits, so maybe they were pronounced different
No, they were pronounced exactly the same, but everyone who could write was a nerd
But it’s still fun to read it as if he had a fat lip.
The f-like letter is the form they used inside of a word, and it’s actually called long s: ſ. Short s was used at the end of a word and after a long s.