Comment by wtbob
11 years ago
> ye ole Lines of Code paradigm
Little-known fact: the *y in old signs is actually a 'þ', which is an Old English letter named 'thorn' and pronounced like modern 'th.' Thus, the old books & signs were really just saying, 'the.' Incidentally, þ is still used in modern Icelandic.
Completely off-topic, but I þought you might be interested.
holy shit, I had no idea. That's cool.
edit: and I double checked, because the internet :)
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ye
it's true! that's awesome.
I really þink ðat we ought to use þ and ð in modern English, but oddly enough no-one agrees wiþ me:-)