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Æ with grave

@Drmccreedy: Why did you add the character æ̀ in this edit? It isn't in Unicode. Is it used in some language? — Eru·tuon 01:02, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I added it because it's one of Unicode's official named sequences ([1]). I'm not sure which languages use it but it seems to be from the Japanese standard JIS X 0213. Thank you so much for asking the question instead of automatically reverting my edit. DRMcCreedy (talk) 03:52, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know the origin of the grapheme? I wonder if the Christian missionaries to the English invented it to record a sound between /a/ and /e/, which they did not have in Latin, or if it already existed?Snugglepuss (talk) 18:46, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ae in title case

What about Ae, joined, in "title case"? So it begins a titled word like Aeschylus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:9DE1:1260:F887:AE5A:B1B:1E29 (talk) 03:41, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Late reply: This ligature only exists in uppercase or lowercase; where it begins a proper noun, or most words in title case, it's all uppercase: Æschylus, Æneas, Æthelwulf. Typographically it's treated as a single letter, even though one can choose to transliterate it as two separate letters, in which case only the 'A' would be in uppercase. P Aculeius (talk) 13:03, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Was there any difference in early modern books in the use of ash when writing titles in upper or lower case? 82.37.67.151 (talk) 13:24, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, most early 18th–20th century books write it as "Æschylus". ― Ö S M A N (talk · contribs) 12:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Aelig" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Aelig. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 3#Aelig until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Soumya-8974 ^talk _contribs ^subpages 09:08, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Ææ" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Ææ and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 10#Ææ until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 14:37, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Elon Musk's daughter?

thinking it might be worth mentioning as a pop culture remark. Thoughts?

X Æ A-12 Electricmaster (talk) 10:52, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What where they thinking?

I hope she change her name as an adult to something much more nice and simple. Whozilla (talk) 18:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Old English name?

The article claims that Æ was called æsc in Old English, but the supporting source actually just says that the rune transliterated as æ was named æsc. This is not the same thing as the Latin character being called æsc. It's true that Þ and Ƿ inherited runic names, but unlike Þ and Ƿ, Æ wasn't originally a rune, so it might not be safe to assume it inherited a runic name. A real source for the claim should be found, or the claim should be taken out of the article. Hurlebatte (talk) 15:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]