Does Australia use this>æ<letter?

[Yoda Power]

I just happened to have seen it in some autralian poster. So is it true, does the australians use the æ? Or am i just hallucinating

 

[Wolfe Tone]

I always asumed Australians spoke a language that sounds vaguely like English , I can't see why they would use that character.

 

[MrPresident]

That looks like something someone would write when they are drunk...Not that I am accusing our Australian friends of anything.

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

I think it's only used in Scandinavia.

 

[Quokka]

Mr President got it in one.

Only hand written after many rounds.

 

[Mikoyan]

Originally posted by Michiel de Ruyter
I think it's only used in Scandinavia.

Only used in Denmark, rather.

 

[Kenric af Grashen]

it is also used in Germany when they cant use umlauts above an A

 

[Yoda Power]

i know it sounds stupid, but i swear i saw it on that australian poster, are´nt there any australians around here?

 

[Tacit_Exit]

Tell me where it is on the keyboard an I'll use it!

 

[Yoda Power]

Originally posted by Tacit_Exit
Tell me where it is on the keyboard an I'll use it!

on my(danish) keyboard it is left to L, left to Æ is Ø and over Ø is Å

 

[Tacit_Exit]

Originally posted by Yoda Power


on my(danish) keyboard it is left to L, left to Æ is Ø and over Ø is Å

I've got ; and ' and [ in those positions, yoda.

And straight answer; no Aussies use the same alphabetical symbols as english, it was probably an attempt to be 'arty' or sound 'continental' (read sophisticated)

 

[Yoda Power]

well in case they have to write ae do they then write æ?

 

[Tacit_Exit]

Originally posted by Yoda Power
well in case they have to write ae do they then write æ?

The only time I've ever seen that conjuction (?) used in 'proper' (and I use that term loosely) english was in a Gary Gygax FRPG called Mythus; terms like Aerth, Aegypt were substituted for Earth, Egypt for example.
Otherwise, I've never encountered it.

 

[Yoda Power]

about my keyboard: wooops, now you are going to think im an idiot, but i swithced left and right so everything i said that was left is really right.

 

[Tacit_Exit]

Hmmm, I've seen your skills; I'm not gonna call u an idiot!

 

[Skullbones]

What's that symbol above the 4?

 

[Yoda Power]

Originally posted by Skullbones

What's that symbol above the 4?

¤<--thats the symbol above 4

 

[Skullbones]

Originally posted by Yoda Power


¤<--thats the symbol above 4

Well, whatever it is. It must not be important since I don't see it on my American keyboard.

 

[Yoda Power]

Originally posted by Skullbones


Well, whatever it is. It's must not be important since I don't see it on my American keyboard.

well i have no idea what it´s use is

 

[sysyphus]

I think it's used mainly in the Australian greeting, as in "g'dæ Bruce"