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Finding a way to talk about the reading experience is, I've realised, the greatest pleasure of writing; where it ends is of no importance.

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🦋 Ye Olde...

In the comments to this post, LanguageHat advises me on the origin of "Ye Olde..." in kitschy business names. He says "Y" is a misreading of the old English character Thorn, "þ" [this is ASCII 0xDE, which represents Thorn in most of the fonts I use -- if you're having trouble seeing it, try switching your display font to Courier New or Times New Roman]. Something I had never really thought about but way cool, and it makes good sense too.

posted evening of Monday, April 28th, 2003
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