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Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: AE Spelling Convention on NJs
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From: Stephen Coulter <probus10@earthlink.net>
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buellish wrote:
>Roger,
>Look up AE (written together) in a dictionary. This is not a writing
>convention, but rather a different vowel that is pronounced
>differently. It is called a ligature and typically indicates a Latin
>or Greek origin. Per my Webster's dictionary, it mostly became just
>an E over time. Supposedly if I type "ALT 198" on my numeric keypad,
>I should get it. It doesn't work for me, but Steve Frank got it to
>work in a post I printed out from 9/23.
>Buell
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>
I wouldn't agree that it was ever a "different vowel". The purpose of
the ligature is to show the reader that the first vowel is not
pronounced, as it never is in English if they fall together in the same
syllable Try pronouncing "Caesar" while giving a value to both the
first "a" and the "e". In English, where two vowels are consecutive
within a syllable, the second vowel is long, the first vowel silent. We
don't seem to feel the need to visually demonstrate that fact with the
use of a ligature, and have mostly just dropped the first, silent vowel
from the modern spellings; except, of course, for proper names like
Caesar (which in classical Latin was probably pronounced "Kay-zar"
anyway!). The use of the ligature on early coins is simply in keeping
with the printed language conventions of the time.
Steve Coulter
APS-ANS-ANA-SPMC
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