Liam Proven

@datendefekt @drawerair

Yeah, no, that’s utter nonsense.

During the COVID lockdown I was doing a lot of walking around the local woods with my infant daughter in a pushchair. I listened to music on my phone. I was using free conf-swag head phones.

So I bought myself new ones. Absolute top-of-the-line super-fancy Sony in-ear things with bass boost and all the trimmings.

They were about CzK 600, which equates to about £25.

I still use them. 6Y later they still sound amazing. By any objective measure they are better than any in-ear things: excellent isolation, superb sound (in as well through the integrated mic), complete cross-platform compatibility, *infinite* battery life – no batteries! No pairing, no synching, no updates ever. Come with build-in anti-theft anti-loss device: a cable.

£25. What that is in dollarbucks I don’t know as I avoid visiting fascist states that might imprison me. $35?

@chobeat

Good?

@GregorGizeh @Sxan Old English (and current Icelandic) letters. English had these until we bought printing presses from the Germans, who lack these sounds.

þ represents unvoiced th (e.g. “think”), ð voiced “th” (e.g. “this”).

So, more logical spellings than the bodge of “th” for both.

So why not?