> > No. > One cannot make such a black and white statement (correctly, at least). The OED does use "Cæsar", for example. While most people would consider it slightly old-fashioned to use that form, it is done.
Mark ________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM, MS 50-2/B11, 5600 Cottle Rd, SJ CA 95193 (408) 256-3148 fax: (408) 256-0799 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher John Fynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Unicode mailing list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 07:17 Subject: Re: FAQ entry (was: Looking for information on the UnicodeData file) > "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 > >
