# Vowels.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631 "2007-09-27T02:51:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631/1 "2007-09-27T02:51:24Z")

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What’s the name for that funky ae symbol where the a and e look squished together?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631/2 "2007-09-27T02:57:29Z")

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Have you checked [Wikipaedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86)?

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631/3 "2007-09-27T02:59:30Z")

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I couldn’t figure out what to type in the search box. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631/4 "2007-09-27T03:13:35Z")

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“Ash” aka “æsc”.

edit: I see the link provided above has this info.

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631/5 "2007-09-27T06:06:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
Have you checked [Wikipaedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86)?  
[/QUOTE]  
Excellent.

And aesthetically plaesing.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vowels/420631/6 "2007-09-27T12:49:25Z")

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In a Nero Wolfe story (author Rex Stout), the fat detective uses the clue of a dipthong to help identify the culprit.