I think it's a dipthong,
a ligature is more like fi or ffi
( robh, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:51, archived)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caslon_Pro_Ligatures.svg
( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:53, archived)

It would appear that it is both a ligature and a dipthong.
Perhaps one refers to the pronunciation and the other to the glyph?
( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:54, archived)

yes a dipthong is a combination of two vowel sounds in sequence,
such as "ay" or "ow"
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:56, archived)

Correct.
A dipthong is a vowel while a ligature is a glyph formed from two graphemes.
( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:56, archived)

I wish I'd never brought it up.
Grammar threads make Baby Jesus Cry.
( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:57, archived)

this isn't grammar.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:58, archived)

Sorry did I say Grammar?
I meant Pedantry.
( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:59, archived)

Strictly speaking,
pedantry is undue attention to detail...
( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:11, archived)

ARGH!
FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF
( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:13, archived)

i for one am LOVING IT

( sleepybinky, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:03, archived)

*moistens*

( sleepybinky, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:03, archived)

*approves*

( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:05, archived)

At last!
I'm not alone in loving language and linguistics!
( DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:10, archived)

*appreciates your alliteration*

( sleepybinky, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:12, archived)

I like language.
Speaking it and listening to it and finding out all the origins of the words and stuff. It's very interesting.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:13, archived)

mmmmmm.

( sleepybinky, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:14, archived)

yes yes yes!

( DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:16, archived)

I fucking LOVE it.

( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:18, archived)

yes this

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:33, archived)

many moons ago
I used to be a compositor and in the type cases, there were separate compartments for dipthongs and ligatures.

Two vowels together were difficult to put together using type, so one piece of type was created called a dipthong.

/sad old fart blog
( robh, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:59, archived)

You're not a sad old fart.
You are a LOVELY old fart.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:02, archived)

hello sexeh!
*squoooozles*
( robh, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:07, archived)

Indeed.
In typography, a distinction was made between ligatures for contextual forms and ligatures representing dipthongs. This is because, for example, an æ should not be used to replace ae, while one of the fi ligatures may be selected as required. æ is a letter in its own right, while the typographical ligatures are not.
( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:03, archived)

GIN TONIGHT.

( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:05, archived)

Damn right!

( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:06, archived)

I like your flickr pics too
:)

Edit: Oil on water detail is superb!!
( robh, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:09, archived)

Thanks.
Been a little slack at taking photos recently, and even slacker at uploading them.
( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:12, archived)

lol
Its not the only part of you that's been a bit slack.

your bumtubes.
( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:13, archived)

i want to take nice photos.
i like the scottish landscape ones there. MARVELLOUS.
( sleepybinky, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:14, archived)

Do it then.
At Gualachulain it's really difficult to take a bad one.
( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:16, archived)

Æ (minuscule: æ) is a grapheme

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:55, archived)

So are a and e
so æ is a ligature.
( L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:58, archived)

a dipthong is a sound, not a symbol.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:55, archived)

piss

( WormuIus, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:56, archived)

Your dipthong smells like someone's dipbutt.

( Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:14, archived)