"John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kent Karlsson scripsit: > > > E.g., it is quite legitimate to render, e.g. LIGATURE FI as an f followed > > by an i, no ligation, whereas that is not allowed for the ae > > ligature/letter, nor for the oe ligature. > How do you know that? Either "Caesar" or "Cæsar" is good Latin. No. Hart's Rules: << VOWEL-LIGATURES The combinations æ and œ should each be printed as two letters in Latin and Greek words, e.g. Aeneid, Aeschylus, Caesar, Oedipus, Phoenicia; and in English, as formulae, phoenix. Print e.g. oestrogen (where oe represents a single sound), but, e.g., chloro-ethane (not chloroethane) to avoid confusion. In Old English words use the ligature Æ, æ, as Ælfric, Cædmon; and in French use the ligature œ as in œuvre. >> The Chicago Manual of Style: << 6.50 USE OF LIGATURES The ligatures æ and œ should not be used either in Latin or Greek words or in words adopted into English from these languages >> - Chris
