Annals of the English Language
How is “æ” supposed to be pronounced?
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/70927/how-is-%c3%a6-supposed-to-be-pronounced 
Annals of the English Language
How is “æ” supposed to be pronounced?
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/70927/how-is-%c3%a6-supposed-to-be-pronounced 
like EE. It's the proper first letter for the word aether, many european languages use this phoneme to indicate plurality.