Servais@dormi.zone to YUROP@lemm.ee · 4 months agoGUIDE: Special latin characters within Europefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down15
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minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 months agoWeird that France has both œ and æ. I only ever saw the latter in Nordic languages, but apparently it is occasionally used in French.
minus-squareCuriousRefugeelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoWikipedia gives examples of “curriculum vitæ” and “et cætera.” We use those both as loanwords in English, but I’ve only seen it as the separate letters “ae,” not the ligature æ.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoI assume direct loanwords are excluded from the list.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThe Nordic languages use ö or ø instead, in Swedish also ä is used instead of æ.
Weird that France has both œ and æ. I only ever saw the latter in Nordic languages, but apparently it is occasionally used in French.
Wikipedia gives examples of “curriculum vitæ” and “et cætera.” We use those both as loanwords in English, but I’ve only seen it as the separate letters “ae,” not the ligature æ.
I assume direct loanwords are excluded from the list.
The Nordic languages use ö or ø instead, in Swedish also ä is used instead of æ.