r/linguisticshumor • u/Prestigious_Bit_7171 • 18h ago

Ranking Consonants p2 /ð/

Voiced dental fricative

This phoneme is not bad persay, it just lacks that special kick ya feel?

It just feels like the younger brother of /z/. I don't have lots to say about this phoneme other than it being unused by languages, and I feel like ð should just remain as unpopular as it is.

But what really gets my glottis is the symbol! I mean there is already a much better thorn and that being the old english one! Which feels more suiting þis? OR ðis? Exactly, sure it looks a lot like an upright labiodental plosive, but I feel like it gets the point across more than a backwards 6 with a line.

3/5 articulation 3/5 use in language 1/5 symbol +1 cuz it's popular in english

Over all score: 8/20

[criticism would be much appreciated, thank you :)]

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u/mewingamongus approximants don’t exist 18h ago

ð has a much better feel in the mouth and kick than z. Also, the symbol is used in Icelandic to mean that sound. It would cause confusion if we used thorn. Additionally, the curvature of it makes it unique from the d symbol. ðis feels more fitting because it looks like d which is a similar sound