[vip] Educational session on existing variant practices

[Patrik Fältström]

On 26 jul 2011, at 08.55, Patrik Fältström wrote:

> On 25 jul 2011, at 11.32, Andrzej Bartosiewicz wrote:
> 
>> I have no problmem with "æ" and "ae"
> 
> I do, they are two different things if you are a Swedish speaking.
> 
> "æ" and "ä" on the other hand should be treated as the same.
> 
> Which is something completely different than "lookalike" of course.
> 
> Just to show the confusion.

Let me add an explanation to the above.

In English the "æ" is a ligature, and in some more languages. It is a separate letter and *not* a ligature in the Scandinavian languages that uses it.

So whether something is a ligature, and because of that what is "the same" is context dependent.

   Patrik