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- noun rare A small
island .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The oe is another way of spelling O with an umlaut and you pronounce that "boner."
A Boehner for Science? Think Again Nick Anthis 2006
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Broetchen ("little bread" or roll) - The "oe" (better written as an o with an umlaut, but I'm not interested in digging up the character map right now) is another sound not occuring in English.
Archive 2007-01-01 C N Heidelberg 2007
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Because the pronunciation of 'oe' is different from 'oo'. 'oe' is pronounced /u/, where 'oo' is a long o.
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| One instance of an oe ligature has been expanded to 'oe'.
Monopolies and the People Charles Whiting Baker
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On page 37 the word 'out-manoeuvred' appears, but in the original text the 'oe' is actually an 'oe ligature' which is replaced in this version with just 'oe'.
The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband
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The "oe" in Goethe should be pronounced as the French word, _moeurs_.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. Various
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In a few cases, the original text uses "oe" ligatures.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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Since such usage is inconsistent, even for the same name, and the number of instances are few, the "oe" ligatures have not been retained.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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Instances of ligature "oe" have been replaced with |
Sonnie-Boy's People 1912
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[Transcriber's Note: In this file, the ligatured oe character is represented by "[oe]".]
A Child's Primer Of Natural History Oliver Herford 1899
trivet commented on the word oe
a Faroe Islands term for a whirlwind
March 3, 2007
panamadeb commented on the word oe
oe (?)
noun
a whirlwind near the Faeroe Islands
July 22, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word oe
The visuals are interesting.
November 4, 2012