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<p>Hi, Alex,</p>
<p>LaTeX is a cool tool but according to
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L</a>:</p>
<p><b
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or<span> </span></span><b
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is the twelfth<span> </span></span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(alphabet)"
title="Letter (alphabet)"
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the<span> </span></span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet"
title="Latin alphabet"
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alphabet</a><span
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used in the<span> </span></span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet"
title="English alphabet"
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English alphabet</a><span
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the alphabets of other western European languages and others
worldwide. Its name in English is<span> </span></span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet#Letter_names"
title="English alphabet"
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class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English"
title="Help:IPA/English"
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title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows"
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title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'"
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title="'l' in 'lie'"
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key"
title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"
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title="English pronunciation respelling"
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plural<span> </span></span><i
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<p>Reference:</p>
<p><span
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English Dictionary,</i><span
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edition (1989)<span> </span></span><i
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Third New International Dictionary of the English Language,
Unabridged.</i><span
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<p>I have <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, 2nd edition (1989) and
confirm that it mentions "<i>el</i>" but not "<i>ell</i>".<br>
</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/26/24 18:09, Alex Buckley wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:fcb49a07-193d-48a7-a700-5d1b152f1c54@oracle.com">"ell"
is used in US English for the name of the letter 'l'. See also
\ell in LaTeX.
<br>
<br>
Alex
<br>
<br>
On 3/29/2024 5:02 PM, Dzmitry Krakadzeyau wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi,
<br>
<br>
The document "/jls22.pdf/":
<br>
<br>
/Specification: JSR-397 Java SE 22
<br>
Version: 22
<br>
Status: Final Release
<br>
Release: March 2024
<br>
/
<br>
<br>
has a type on page 33:
<br>
<br>
/The suffix L is preferred, because the letter l (*ell*) is
often hard to distinguish from the digit 1 (one)./
<br>
<br>
It must be "/letter l (*el*)/".
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Best regards,
<br>
Dzmitry Krakadzeyau
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Best regards,
Dzmitry Krakadzeyau</pre>
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