Isn’t this pitting offensive to the lovers of fables everywhere?
It’s OK. I grew up in Larchmont.
Spæm, spæm, SPÆM, spæm, spæm, SPÆM, spæm, spæm!
If I use “æ” to make me look like a wanker, does that make me smart?
Does anyone besides me think of a ligature primarily as something used to fasten a reed to a clarinet or saxophone mouthpiece?
To the OP: does “œ” bother you as well?
Amœba. So much better than “amoeba” or the inexcusably vile “ameba.”
What about ümlauts? My real name has three u’s, and festooning it with umlauts makes me look like one of those cool heavy metal guys.
Festooning with Umlauts
Band Name!
Now if I could only find an online “English to Viking” translator, I could expand on that!
Meh, could be worse, he could be named friedo – what is that, a dyke frieda? 
I suspected as much. No true Brooklynite would dare go around using a word like wanker.
Makes me think of a tourniquet of sorts or perhaps a strangulation device. Had to check to make sure the OP wasn’t a wanker for using it the way he did.
˙sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ lɐıɔǝds ǝɹnɔsqo ɹnoʎ ɥʇıʍ 'sɹǝʞuɐʍ snoıʇuǝʇǝɹd ɟo ɥɔunq ɐ ʇsnɾ llɐ ǝɹ,noʎ
Nobody loves fæbls (other than wankers).
Not to be one of those “my computer is better” wankers, but this is one thing I love on the Macintosh - the extra modifier key (option key). It makes typing in special characters so much easier.
It’s not really “extra” - PC people call it ‘Alt’.
‘Alt’ don’t do chit on this Dell PC keyboard of mine. :smack:
Really? Do me a favor at press ALT then F then X.
Laptop or full keyboard?
On a laptop like the Dell I am typing on currently, you need to hold done the Fn key and the Alt Key with one hand and then use the Blue Number faux pad where 7=7 8=8 9=9 u=4 i=5 o=6 j=1 k=2 l=3 m=0.
If you are on a Dell Laptop the numbers are printed on the keyboard in blue.
Eh, the other day I was running spell check on a chapter ms., and for some reason all the fl’s and fi’s were ligatures (and thus rang the spell checker’s bell). I had to remove them all. :mad:
Hey, thanks to the thread I know how to do an Æ on my keyboard. Thanks, I was wondering.
:eek:
: prostrates self in presence of greatness :
JRB
How do you do this stuff using Macs? When I use the “special characters menu” or option-key, it inserts the right symbol, but on preview they just turn into question marks…
Sorry, Sparky, I’m a gear head. While I’m sure that there are loads of capacitors in the machinery that I use, I haven’t actually worked with one directly since undergrad. Plus, I have never liked the taste of chocolate.