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As of February 8, 2024
r/BringBackThorn
Bring Back Þ
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Bring Back Þ is a subreddit for þe movement to reintroduce þe letter Þ, pronounced "thorn," an Old English letter representing þe ⟨th⟩ sound þat fell out of use wiþ þe advent of þe printing press. Printing press tilesets imported from Europe didn't have Þ as þeir languages lacked þis letter and several oþer old English glyphs.
We are a group dedicated to reviving þe runic letter Þ (Thorn) in þe English language. Þ has gone largely unused & forgotten in Engliſh writing since approximately þe 1640s—þe latest example We’ve managed to find—wiþ its noticeable decline roughly beginning wiþ þe introduction of þe printing press i...
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April 25, 2018
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Total Submissions
1,078
Total Comments
12,979
Earliest Submission
April 25, 2018
Earliest Comment
September 29, 2018
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 99 | 65,885 | 1554.2 | 0.5 | 2828.99 | |
| #2 | 43 | 31,089 | 675.1 | 0.3 | 2604.02 | |
| #3 | 33 | 26,470 | 518.1 | 0.2 | 2347.16 | |
| #4 | 144 | 143,705 | 2260.7 | 1.2 | 1886.57 | |
| #5 | 31 | 41,265 | 486.7 | 0.3 | 1414.37 | |
| #6 | 132 | 192,566 | 2072.3 | 1.6 | 1290.56 | |
| #7 | 52 | 94,639 | 816.4 | 0.8 | 1034.47 | |
| #8 | 40 | 79,170 | 628.0 | 0.7 | 951.22 | |
| #9 | 53 | 129,591 | 832.1 | 1.1 | 769.99 | |
| #10 | 115 | 351,466 | 1805.4 | 2.9 | 616.02 | |
| #11 | 91 | 377,549 | 1428.6 | 3.1 | 453.79 | |
| #12 | 265 | 1,179,428 | 4160.3 | 9.8 | 423.02 | |
| #13 | 113 | 556,185 | 1774.0 | 4.6 | 382.51 | |
| #14 | 35 | 186,436 | 549.5 | 1.6 | 353.44 | |
| #15 | 37 | 332,266 | 580.9 | 2.8 | 209.65 | |
| #16 | 33 | 347,267 | 518.1 | 2.9 | 178.91 | |
| #17 | 111 | 1,186,683 | 1742.6 | 9.9 | 176.10 | |
| #18 | 82 | 1,020,166 | 1287.3 | 8.5 | 151.33 | |
| #19 | 37 | 489,588 | 580.9 | 4.1 | 142.28 | |
| #20 | 50 | 751,110 | 785.0 | 6.3 | 125.33 | |
| #21 | 291 | 4,463,845 | 4568.4 | 37.2 | 122.73 | |
| #22 | 30 | 507,161 | 471.0 | 4.2 | 111.37 | |
| #23 | 255 | 4,400,746 | 4003.3 | 36.7 | 109.09 | |
| #24 | 42 | 732,890 | 659.4 | 6.1 | 107.89 | |
| #25 | 68 | 1,342,943 | 1067.5 | 11.2 | 95.33 | |
| #26 | 34 | 731,098 | 533.8 | 6.1 | 87.56 | |
| #27 | 36 | 801,541 | 565.2 | 6.7 | 84.56 | |
| #28 | 113 | 2,538,178 | 1774.0 | 21.2 | 83.82 | |
| #29 | 68 | 1,560,755 | 1067.5 | 13.0 | 82.03 | |
| #30 | 215 | 4,999,131 | 3375.3 | 41.7 | 80.97 | |
| #31 | 151 | 3,639,820 | 2370.6 | 30.4 | 78.11 | |
| #32 | 69 | 1,722,110 | 1083.2 | 14.4 | 75.43 | |
| #33 | 57 | 1,553,402 | 894.8 | 13.0 | 69.08 | |
| #34 | 378 | 10,347,413 | 5934.3 | 86.3 | 68.78 | |
| #35 | 52 | 1,784,588 | 816.4 | 14.9 | 54.86 | |
| #36 | 33 | 1,246,066 | 518.1 | 10.4 | 49.86 | |
| #37 | 1,515 | 63,157,573 | 23784.1 | 526.6 | 45.16 | |
| #38 | 38 | 1,619,683 | 596.6 | 13.5 | 44.17 | |
| #39 | 37 | 2,045,755 | 580.9 | 17.1 | 34.05 | |
| #40 | 57 | 3,298,850 | 894.8 | 27.5 | 32.53 | |
| #41 | 229 | 17,539,025 | 3595.1 | 146.3 | 24.58 | |
| #42 | 57 | 4,479,765 | 894.8 | 37.4 | 23.96 | |
| #43 | 204 | 16,698,154 | 3202.6 | 139.2 | 23.00 | |
| #44 | 104 | 9,616,183 | 1632.7 | 80.2 | 20.36 | |
| #45 | 34 | 3,200,711 | 533.8 | 26.7 | 20.00 | |
| #46 | 160 | 15,106,550 | 2511.9 | 126.0 | 19.94 | |
| #47 | 94 | 9,035,492 | 1475.7 | 75.3 | 19.59 | |
| #48 | 43 | 4,334,354 | 675.1 | 36.1 | 18.68 | |
| #49 | 135 | 16,361,837 | 2119.4 | 136.4 | 15.53 | |
| #50 | 77 | 11,692,383 | 1208.8 | 97.5 | 12.40 |