Esi on Nostr: hah! yes. The lisp effect is very noticable but the main thing for me is that not all ...

hah! yes. The lisp effect is very noticable but the main thing for me is that not all "th" in English are the same. The (icelandic) Þ only accounts for a portion of them. Others are more similar to the Icelandic letter Ð (ð, eth). For example "The" would probably be closer to Ðe than Þe. So when I was reading your posts I was reading them with the "harsh" Þ which made words like "The" sound quite weird.

Examples of Þ and Ð words in English based on my limited english knowledge and my non native dialect. Icelandic words in paranthesis for fun and for showcasing the similarities between the two languages:

- Thin = Þin (Þunn)
- Thick = Þick (Þykk)
- Thief = Þief (Þjófur)
- Tether = Teðer (Tjóðra)
- The = Ðe (N/A)
- That = Ðat (Þetta)
- This = Ðis (Þetta)
- There = Ðere (Þarna)
...etc

PS: Oddly enough, there is a rule in Icelandic that says no word can start with the letter Ð. So seeing "Ðe" feels weird grammatically. But it does not make it in anyway less pronouncable.