Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:25:10 -0500 | From | Tim Coleman <> | Subject | Re: OT: "real" letters [Was: 10.31 second kernel compile] |
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On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:38:13AM +0000, Derek Fawcus wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 03:30:32AM +0200, Itai Nahshon wrote: > > > > > There are still a couple of places you can legitimaely use an ae symbol in > > > English. It's not quite dead yet 8) > > > > The only example that I've seen in English texts is use of ï as in "naïve". > > > > The two I can recall off the top of my head are "dæmon" and "færie".
And, of course, encyclopædia. Or pædiatrician. Perhaps Lænux?
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