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What ð fuck are ðose symbols?!
ð and þ are lost letters of ð english alphabet which technically were used interchangeably, but in oðer languages represent two distinct sounds.
Þink vs Ðou if you want to sound it out to get what's being distinguished, it's like ð difference between B and P, or D and T, but for ð two sounds you hear whenever you read a th.
Unvoiced vs voiced, but I still have to block you now because I don't want to participate in your annoying hobby.
If a letter is all it takes to annoy you, ðen good riddance.
That is an eth. Icelandic still has it, English has lost it. Its twin is the thorn. Do not ask me though, I am 2L speaker of English and no speaker of Icelandic.
I googled it
The letter ð represents the voiced dental fricative, a consonant sound that is similar to the "th" sound in the word "father". It is also known as eth, and comes from the Old English and Icelandic letter of the same name.