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kwhitefoot
on Jan 18, 2017
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The lost letters of the English alphabet
Are you trying to say that in modern English that œsophagus has become esophagus?
If so then you need to qualify it as American English; British English still uses oesophagus.
porges
on Jan 19, 2017
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Yeah, I originally qualified everything and then figured most readers of the site are USian anyway ;)
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If so then you need to qualify it as American English; British English still uses oesophagus.