Talk:List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature

message: Can't fairy be spelled with a ligature?Cameron Nedland 01:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "The Færy Queen" (or "The Færie Queen" - both spellings are known) is a classic - but the spelling is obsolescent (if not actually obsolete), surely?  Hair Commodore 21:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fairies 

message: Can economy be spelled with a ligature if œconomics can?
:Yes, so can all other derivatives.Cameron Nedland 01:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The works of Gilbert White are full of the "œconomy", etc., spelling. Recall, however, that these were 18th century, so the matter of obsolescence arises. However, to be pedantic, should not the "can" be "may" (in the original question)?  Hair Commodore 18:47, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  œconomics, œconomy? 

message: Since ethel literally means œ can it be spelled that way? and what about ash? Can it be æsh?
:It turns out that æsc is Old English for ash (the tree) and œðel is OE for estate or native land. OED does not seem to attest modern spellings with ligatures. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.111.8.103 (talk) 19:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can ethel be œthel? 

message: Can Gaelic be used with ash "Gælic"?
:I do not know, I will check it out.Cameron Nedland 01:01, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay thanks.Cameron Nedland 00:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gaelic 

message: Can Curriculm Vitae be spelt Curriculum Vitæ?
:Yes it can.Cameron Nedland 01:01, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curriculum Vitae 

message: --CopyToWiktionaryBot 14:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007-02-25 Automated pywikipediabot message 

message: what about nova and/or novæ (not to mention supernova and/or supernovæ)
I've been asking myself the same question. Does anyone know?
L1nuxH4ck 23:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  novae 

message: What is meant by the term "common form"?  Is the listing of a spelling in the "common form" column meant to imply that it is acceptable in BrE?  In many cases this isn't the case.  The following are all regarded as US spellings by the Concise Oxford Dictionary: "estrogen", "maneuver", "diarrhea".  ("Anesthesia", listed as a BrE spelling in the cart, is also a US spelling according to COD.)  On the other hand, the list is wrong to regard "encyclopedia" and "demon" as AmE spellings.  "Encyclopedia" has long been accepted and is the headword spelling in COD, "encyclopaedia" being just a variant.  "Demon" and "daemon" are both used in BrE, one spelling being more common for one set of meanings and the other spelling for another set of meanings, but both being accepted for both.  "Daemon" is the more common BrE spelling for a supernatural being, divinity, attendant spirit, or for a computer background process; "demon" is the more common BrE spelling for an evil spirit or devil or destructive person or thing. 86.155.66.63 (talk) 22:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Faerie and praemium also seem odd choices for the "common form".  I also think some words, such as tragoedy, need to be labelled as "archaic" or at least "rare".--Ferox117 (talk) 10:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common form 

message: The footnote in the article seems to indicate that -æ as well as -œ may represent a plural ending.  Not only are there no such examples on the list, but I don't think there ever would be.  Let's get it out of the way that the Latin language doesn't use -oe for any case endings; the only time it occurs as a case ending in Greek is the masculine 2nd declension nominative plural -οι.  In all instances I've seen of Greek 2nd declension nouns transliterated into Latin -- and many other Greek words, for that matter -- the Greek is not merely transliterated but translated into Latin spelling conventions (e.g. pre-final αι and οι becoming ae and oe, as in "Æther" or "œconomics"), which includes case endings.  Sure, a lot of Greek words are given Greek declensions in Latin (particularly 1st declension masculines), but I've never seen 2nd declension Latin nouns that come directly from 2nd declension Greek nouns using Greek case endings.  Does anybody know of such a phænomenon?  If not, I think that -œ should be excluded from the abovementioned footnote.  Tsunomaru (talk) 18:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Œ as Plural Ending? 

message: Should this be added?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.160.154.48 (talk) 00:45, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diæresis 

message: Should this be added?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.210.16 (talk) 19:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I believe it was once spelt aëroplane but never æroplane (wrong Greek root)--Ferox117 (talk) 04:08, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Æroplane 

message: Shouldn't this be called "list of English words that may be spelled with a ligature"? I doubt anyone would expect non-English words on the English Wikipedia, but it is still better to make that distinction. GSMR (talk) 18:09, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not even that. It only considers AE and OE, and it imposes some added restrictions that not everyone may agree on. Remember that there is regulatory body for English spelling.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.90.173 (talk) 02:02, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Support, obviously. Right now if someone adds a lot of French words they are right to do so because they are words and spelled with a ligature. 95.144.169.113 (talk) 16:22, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change proposal 

message: Wiktionary lists 8 different spellings for Hephaestus (here), including ones with the æ ligature. I would put this in the article myself but I don't know how to deal with 8 alternate spellings of it.
2601:19A:27F:A076:713A:C35:8C4B:52B9 (talk) 23:53, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hephaestus 

message: Isn't there such thingas larvæ & antennæ, the form of larvae instead of antennae? 136.158.59.110 (talk) 12:55, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larvæ and antennæ?