[ANSTHRLD] Name question

Sara L Friedemann liana at ellipsis.cx
Fri Aug 8 09:17:31 PDT 2003


Quoth "Haines, Paul":
> I'm not sure if it's Bjorn or Bj=F8rn.

If you're going for the standard scholarly form, it's neither: 
The <o> is supposed to be an o-ogenek.  This character was replaced 
in modern times with o-umlaut, so you'll sometimes find it recorded 
in that fashion, in places where the o-ogenek is not reproducable.

-Aryanhwy


 
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