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NoodleIncident
on July 3, 2017
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The capital sharp S in now part of the official Ge...
That doesn't mean it's not a ligature. If English still had a "th" ligature, the word "outhouse" wouldn't use it.
malz
on July 3, 2017
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Interesting claim ... a similar compound word with a present-day ligature is "halfling." TextEdit renders that with an "fl" ligature, but should it not?
kuschku
on July 4, 2017
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Is w then still a ligature of vv, and should vve remove it?
Symbiote
on July 4, 2017
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th in English wouldn't be a ligature, it would be a letter (thorn or eth).
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