Re: Thorn in Finlaesk

Hi!

Paul Bennett writes:
>...
> My question is about representing /K/. Every /T/ in ON becomes /K/ in
> Finlaesk, but not every /K/ comes from /T/. Bearing in mind that in
> this  AU, there is significantly more contact between East Norse and
> West Norse,  such that the sound /T/ itself will not be unknown (and
> may yet be  reintroduced via some borrowings and phonemic calques (is
> there a word for  this?)), does it make sense to write {thorn} for /K/?
How about writing same /K/ with |þ| and others differently, depending
on their origin.  Of course, there should then be words where scholars
were wrong and which, despite the origin, misuse |þ|.  I would like
this type of chaos.  It feels organic. :-)

And whether or not to use |þ| might depend on when the orthography was
developed and what the scholars had in mind.  |þ| would probably
stress the Germanic heritage.  I think with the right explanation, you
could choose for or against using it.

(The interior reasons why Þrjótrunn (my romance language in Iceland)
uses |þ| and |k| are still not fully understood. (The exterior reason
is that I want it to look like Icelandic.))

**Henrik