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Old 07-21-2010, 04:59 AM   #13
Mithalwen
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Originally Posted by Formendacil View Post
Regarding that, by the way, Blind Guardian, what you have identified as an "o" in "ioil" is actually a "đ" or "dh"--as in "Maedhros" or "Caradhras". At least... it is if I'm right in my understanding of that rather obscure symbol. It's a rare enough character that I can't seem to find a combination code, and I don't know its name to search it--I just know enough to know it exists.
It think it is the old English charachter "eth". Like ash, thorn, yogh, wynn and ethel they have usually disappeared from English. the only one that you might see is Thorn in what looks like Ye olde englishe tea shoppe and the like.... others are latent like the name Menzies being pronounced Mingies - z represents yogh not Z...
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