What is the name of the "o" with a vertical slash across it that is used in Scandinavian alphabets?
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Last updated Jan 24 2015.
Originally posted Jan 24 2015 5:48 PM.
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"slashed o" or "o with stroke"
It is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Southern Sami languages. It is mostly used as a representation of mid front rounded vowels.
The name of this letter is the same as the sound it represents. Though not its native name, among English-speaking typographers the symbol may be called a "slashed o" or "o with stroke".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98