Can you see what I am talking about? Isn't it strange that the two owls on the bottom pointed to are the ONLY place in the webbing that has a dark
space right above them where there is NO webbing.


English
Borrowings into English from Latin words featuring œ (which in turn are often from Greek words featuring οι) have changed to the letter e, especially in American English. For example, fœderal has become federal in English, while phœnix can be spelled phenix only in American English. In those words that have not changed to e, it has become generally acceptable to write any such œ as oe in English. Indeed, recent dictionaries generally list only the form without a ligature. In all such words, the œ, oe, or e is pronounced /i:/, or /ɛ/ in a few cases.