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- onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- cross-posted to:
- onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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∅ (empty set)
How it feels to be autistic navigating social rules.
Ø - The Norwegian umlaut version of O.
⌀
U+2300 DIAMETER SIGNActually æ, ø, and å are regarded as separate letters in the Norwegian alphabet
Æ - like the a in cat
Ø - like the u in turn
Å- like the aw in paw
Here’s a handy song about it
Translation to a language that has reasonable pronunciation (romanian):
Æ = a
Ø = ă
Å =
âWhich language is the best: Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, or Danish?
Danish. Swedish and Norwegian are just failed attempts at speaking Danish, proving once and for all that Norwegians have better language skills since their attempts are closer.*
Finnish is mainly good for swearing away bears and complaining about a lack of saunas.
*(Jk, in case there’s any doubt)
Øh nø
The slashed zero is the empty set, and the slashed O is literally nothing cause screw the slashed O
Empty set is ∅, slashed zero is 0︀ (if your browser decides to render the unicode variant) or 0︀ in html
Learn the difference, it could save your life!
(It could not actually save your life)
My genuine reaction to that information:
∅, with a slash through it!!!
Dad was a programmer on IBM 700/7000 series. He always slashed the letter O. Years later in programming people were slashing zeroes and I was mighty confused. Some greybeard explained it eventually.
“The slash as a designator! Why that is brilliant…” - Dr.Klein
Ahhh ahhhh ahhhhhhhhh I hate it
