If you go to any of the “hub” right now it feels that almost half of the non amateur videos are always with a comedy tone or even parody, is really what the average viewer wants now? I do miss the more serious products of the 90s, with a more normal setting.

Is either that or the “step- family member” thing.

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      That is an eth. Icelandic still has it, English has lost it. Its twin is the thorn. Do not ask me though, I am 2L speaker of English and no speaker of Icelandic.

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      I googled it

      The letter ð represents the voiced dental fricative, a consonant sound that is similar to the “th” sound in the word “father”. It is also known as eth, and comes from the Old English and Icelandic letter of the same name.

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      ð and þ are lost letters of ð english alphabet which technically were used interchangeably, but in oðer languages represent two distinct sounds.

      Þink vs Ðou if you want to sound it out to get what’s being distinguished, it’s like ð difference between B and P, or D and T, but for ð two sounds you hear whenever you read a th.