Talk:diæresis

Alternate or Obsolete

According to here obsolete means:

• No longer in use, and no longer likely to be understood. Obsolete is a stronger term than archaic, and a much stronger term than dated.

Whereas archaic means:

• No longer in general use, but still found in some contemporary texts (such as Bible translations) and generally understood (but rarely used) by educated people. For example, thee and thou are archaic pronouns, having been completely superseded by you. Archaic is a stronger term than dated, but not as strong as obsolete.

And dated is:

• Formerly in common use, and still in occasional use, but now unfashionable; for example, wireless in the sense of "broadcast radio tuner", groovy, and gay in the sense of "bright" or "happy" could all be considered dated. Dated is not so strong as archaic or obsolete; see Wiktionary:Obsolete and archaic terms.

I think obsolete is too strong for this spelling, as it will be understood, although perhaps not in use, perhaps Archaic is appropriate? I'll make it that for now. WilliamKF (talk) 13:51, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Can a spelling ever really be obsolete and not even be understood? —CodeCat 13:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

It seems that throughout wiktionary, words spelled with æ are marked as obsolete. I think this needs a general consistent solution. WilliamKF (talk) 14:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Shouldn't "diæresis" be written with a diæresis? After all, the "i" and "æ" are pronounced separately. Unfortunately, as far as I can find, Unicode has no code point for "Latin Small Letter Æ with diæresis".