From: Stephen Fryer
Message: 3797
Date: 2003-11-11
> The "hooked o" is the Old Norse character which causes the meanestI'm not sure what the problem is. Everything except the "hooked o" are easily
> pain in the butt for those who want to use the original spelling
> system when posting Old Norse texts. A less mean character is the "oe
> ligature". The characters "thorn" ,"eth", "ae ligature", "o slash"
> and to some extent the diacritics (á, é,...; ö) cause some trouble as
> well.
> I see no point in using alternative spelling for "thorn" ,"eth", "ae
> ligature", "o slash". But for "hooked o" and "oe ligature" one needs
> to have an alternative. My proposition is:
>
> The Old Norse manuscripts' "hooked o" is denoted with 'õ' and
> the Old Norse manuscripts' "oe ligature" is denoted 'ö'.