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    Harding Nick MMUk
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    The use of a

    We do actually have the ae in the English language, although it
    is usually written ae.
    A few examples still exist, one I use frequently as a chemist is
    Haemoglobin (although the
    American chemists are pushing for Hemoglobin).
    Also in English history it is frequently used in royal names
    such as AEthelred the Unready
    and AEthelwold. We inherited it from the Saxons when they
    invaded in the 5th and 6th
    Century. Even as early as the 10th century King Alfred writing
    about "english" noted that it
    was starting to be used less frequently.

    Just my 2GB


    >try holding down on the ALT key, and pressing "146" on your
    number >pad, way
    >over on the far right of your key board... "145" will give you
    the
    >lower-case version AE ae

    >What on earth is it called, though? Thats probly why we dont
    have it in
    >OUR alphabet...one of those letters nobody knew the name to LOL
    >"Spell 'AEsir' "...

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    Rasmus Juul Wagner
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    The use of a

    Harding Nick MMUk wrote:
    >
    > We do actually have the ae in the English language, although it
    > is usually written ae.
    > A few examples still exist, one I use frequently as a chemist is
    > Haemoglobin (although the
    > American chemists are pushing for Hemoglobin).
    > Also in English history it is frequently used in royal names
    > such as AEthelred the Unready
    > and AEthelwold. We inherited it from the Saxons when they
    > invaded in the 5th and 6th
    > Century. Even as early as the 10th century King Alfred writing
    > about "english" noted that it
    > was starting to be used less frequently.
    >
    > Just my 2GB
    >
    > >try holding down on the ALT key, and pressing "146" on your
    > number >pad, way
    > >over on the far right of your key board... "145" will give you
    > the
    > >lower-case version AE ae
    >
    > >What on earth is it called, though? Thats probly why we dont
    > have it in
    > >OUR alphabet...one of those letters nobody knew the name to LOL
    > >"Spell 'AEsir' "...

    Well, the name and the sound of the letter in dansih is the same...it
    sounds like the E in "hey!".

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