I cannot decide which produces more literal pleasure. Near as I can tell they are both different spellings of the same word, yet I wonder if one is considered more urbane or perhaps in greater usage in the haut monde.
Seriously, haven't most AE words in common usage today slipped to plain old E?
"There are not ten people in the world whose death would spoil my dinner, but there are one or two whose deaths would break my heart." T.B. Macaulay, to his sister
Yes, the use of ligatures is dying out over here, as well. Words like æstivate are increasingly being spelt following the American pattern, even by the British.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
Well, æ is being replaced by ae (unjoined) in some cases I suppose, but what I meant was that the diphthong itself was being replaced by the single letter e.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
