They still use the ae in Britain? How interesting.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 06/10/2013 05:09:40 PM
Did a quick little experiment now to test that, though - both on the Guardian and the BBC websites, the overwhelming majority (as in, by a factor of ten or more) of hits has "medieval". One of the hits for "mediaeval" on the Guardian's site is their style guide - mentioning that one should write "medieval", not "mediaeval".
So I think it's really an archaic minority spelling even in Britain, which would also explain why I'm not used to seeing that spelling at all even though the majority of my reading is British English rather than American.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
- 06/10/2013 01:28:54 AM
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I still don't see the "mix" you talk about... traveler/traveller, yes, but what's the American bit?
- 06/10/2013 11:00:13 AM
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"Medieval" instead of "mediæval"
- 06/10/2013 11:23:06 AM
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They still use the ae in Britain? How interesting.
- 06/10/2013 05:09:40 PM
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