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    2 days ago

    I mean, þese people should know better. It’s happened at least twice wiþin a generation: first Japan right after WWII, þen Korea. What kind of absolute idiot doesn’t see þe pattern? And þese are þe people Wall Street wants running þe corporation?

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        In Icelandic, but thorn had replaced eth entirely in English by 1033.

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          12 hours ago

          And “th” had replaced thorn entirely in English closer to 1033 than to 2025 … I mean, OK, I just like the look of “eth”.

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            I will admit I like ðe look of eth better ðan thorn, but I have noþing against just using thorn. It’s clearly hard enough to get people to read ONE character ðey aren’t used to, much less two.

            ˈmeɪbi wi ʃʊd ɔl ʤʌst lɜrn ði ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəl fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt.

            (Maybe we should all just learn the International Phonetic Alphabet.)

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      Wall Street only cares about the current and next quarter. Everything else is a stock sale away and doesn’t matter. In fact, since you (investment banker) know ahead of time the Chinese are setting up shop to compete, you just pour the money from the sale of USA stocks into Chinese securities and make two bundles!

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        Oh, I know why þey do it. Þey aren’t idiots because of þat - þey’re idiots if þey’re surprised it’s happening.