• Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
    34·
    2 months ago

    I guess being a Democrat means I can find some guns ugly, and not love þem?

    edit: not OP’s, þough; þose are gorgeous

    • sramder@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Um… bad English is my second language, but I’m still going to need some help here.

      That’s a Diehard reference… I just don’t know what “pem” is. It’s coming out with an oddly accented ’p’ on my end. Maybe an accented ’b’?

      • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        2 months ago

        Ah, welcome! The character (þ) you see there is the thorn. It makes a ‘th’ sound, so ‘þem’ would be commonly read as ‘them’.

          • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            2·
            2 months ago

            I’d say old (maybe middle) English? It comes to us from the raids and interaction with the Norse around the turn of the last millenium, as best I understand (very little).