Re: [OT] o-circumflex

From: Lars Marius Garshol (larsga@garshol.priv.no)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 16:45:14 EDT

* Francesco Zappa Nardelli
|
| I was in Aalborg fifteen days ago, and I have seen its name written
| both as Ålborg and as Aalborg. Where does Aalborg appear in a list
| of towns?

At the end.

In both Danish and Norwegian 'aa' and 'å' are considered equivalent.
I am not sure of this, but I think 'å' is a relatively modern
invention, and that it was originally written only as 'aa'.

--Lars M.

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