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| − | {{ | + | {{incomplete|Created by a Æ's DIVORCE ATTORNEY - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
| − | The comic personifies the letters "A" and "E", imagining that the character Æ represents a romantic relationship between the two. It then imagines a situation in which the two letters end the relationship and eventually marry other letters, giving rise to two new ligatures | + | {{w|Æ}} is the {{w|Ligature (writing)|ligature}} used to represent the Latin diphthong ae. The comic personifies the letters "A" and "E", imagining that the character Æ represents a romantic relationship between the two. It then imagines a situation in which the two letters end the relationship and eventually marry other letters, giving rise to two new ligatures. |
| − | The title text | + | The title text plays with the idea of the personified letters using their own letters in writing as a way to reference themselves. In the comic, E's new relationship appears to be with the letter "V" (although because the letter is sideways in the ligature it is unclear, it could also be with the letter "I" which, if drawn vertically joined to E would not be an obvious ligature and so it was drawn at an angle). If indeed E's spouse is the letter V, E's wedding invitation using the word "LOVE" more times than is strictly necessary could be because E likes seeing the letters V and E next to each other. |
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| − | + | :[There is a broken heart at the top of the image, centered. Below is Æ (letter combining A and E). There are arrows pointing downward. One from the "A" of Æ to a A, and one from the "E" of Æ to a E. And bellow this layer, an arrow from the A to a letter combining A and R, and an arrow from the E to a letter combining V and E.] | |
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:Hot linguistics gossip: The '''A''' and '''E''' from '''Æ''' have broken up and are now married to other letters. | :Hot linguistics gossip: The '''A''' and '''E''' from '''Æ''' have broken up and are now married to other letters. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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