Whereas your symbol æ is an UNpronounceable symbol.
Hee! It is actually very pronounceable, if you know how :D There are two different ways, depending on the context; -æ- is sometimes used in British spellings of Greek/Latin words like encyclopædia, because originally the -e- was written as -ae- and represented what we now consider a long -e- (eeeeeee!!!) sound. The way I pronounce it, though, goes with my username; it's the Old English character called aesc (pronounced 'ash,' not 'esk'), and it represents a really flat -a-, almost like the -a- in ahh. Aside from its use in phonetic alphabets and British spellings like encyclopædia, we don't have the aesc any more today; it fell out of use along with a few other characters some time ago.
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Nnnnnnf, yes yes oh my God. *collapse*
Whereas your symbol æ is an UNpronounceable symbol.
Hee! It is actually very pronounceable, if you know how :D There are two different ways, depending on the context; -æ- is sometimes used in British spellings of Greek/Latin words like encyclopædia, because originally the -e- was written as -ae- and represented what we now consider a long -e- (eeeeeee!!!) sound. The way I pronounce it, though, goes with my username; it's the Old English character called aesc (pronounced 'ash,' not 'esk'), and it represents a really flat -a-, almost like the -a- in ahh. Aside from its use in phonetic alphabets and British spellings like encyclopædia, we don't have the aesc any more today; it fell out of use along with a few other characters some time ago.
:D (And I am always in a splainy mood *g*)