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- noun Lowercase letter
eth , which is related tod and dh. - noun
voiced dental fricative .
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whichbe commented on the word ð
The Eth. I love this letter.
July 8, 2008
asativum commented on the word ð
Tho do I.
Sorry. Couldn't resist. But any idea how its pronunciation differs from the þ? (I always thought the þ was the thorn, but maybe I'm wrong.)
July 8, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word ð
In Icelandic, thorn is the voiceless sound in 'thorn', 'thin', while eth is the voiced sound in 'this', 'bother'. In Old English, however, they were merely alternatives for the same letter, at the scribe's whim. Whichever was used, it was pronounced voiceless initially and finally, but voiced between vowels.
July 8, 2008
Telofy commented on the word ð
On the back cover of my copy of The Dubliners, Dublin is spelled “Ðublin” once. So far I couldn’t find out why.
December 20, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word ð
Ðat's a good point, a.
December 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word ð
telofy, maybe it was a typð?
December 21, 2009
Telofy commented on the word ð
An unusual one. Could be. ^^
December 21, 2009
madmouth commented on the word ð
I've seen certain Japanese-speaking students make their Ds like Ð; even more mysterious (in that asking why lent litle clarification). Very confusing to me personally, if not other teachers, in that Ð is a different phoneme in Bosnian
December 21, 2009