Reading an old book out of the library , came across it, I think it was Aesop's fables.
2006-09-02 13:36:48 · 12 answers · asked by xenon 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the correct term for this "character" is a ligature, it is greek, it can also be oe as well as ae
2006-09-02 13:46:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How is his name correctly pronounced?
I was told in Latin 1 that Julius Caesar's name was pronounced /kai sar/ in ancient Roman times.
Today the connected ae is used in the IPA pronunciation guide found in some dictionaries to signify the "short a" sound: cat is written as /kaet/
Aesop as /ai sap/, or /ae sap/ ? I have heard more often /i sap/.
Sorry to answer your question with another.
2006-09-02 18:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by tichur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "ae" joined together was once a letter in the Old English language, but it disappeared, along with the flat-topped 3 and the d with a cross over the top (which is still found in Icelandic).
It is sometimes still used in formal writing on the far side of the Atlantic (the "Encyclopaedia Brittanica" comes to mind.)
2006-09-02 13:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rochester 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a diptithon. That is a word from Greek. For example Encycolpaedia Britannica is written like that.
2006-09-02 15:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by millancad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A diphthong, which is a complex sound produced by moving from one vowel sound to another within a single syllable.
Unless, of course, you were passing the accident and emergency department at the local hospital.
2006-09-02 14:10:17 · answer #5 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a dipthong, which is two vowels together. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is the symbol for the sound aa, as in "happy"
2006-09-02 13:44:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I still use it - and the oe ligature too.
2006-09-02 16:37:31 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
word ending in Latin....
[mainly fem.] first declension
genitive dative singular; nominative, vocative plural
ae pronounced as the "y" as in try
Greek words transliterated into Latin....Latin, Latinate words
"y" sound in Latin words
"ah" sound, usually in English words
2006-09-02 15:02:35 · answer #8 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
conjoined letters!!.....no i think its Scandinavian in origin but dont quote me.
2006-09-02 13:39:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
diphthong
2006-09-02 13:38:40 · answer #10 · answered by Easy B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋