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Ø - The Norwegian umlaut version of O.
Actually æ, ø, and å are regarded as separate letters in the Norwegian alphabet
Æ - like the a in cat
Ø - like the u in turn
Å- like the aw in paw
Here's a handy song about it
French has à, â, é, è, ê, ë, ï, ô, œ, but we don't count them as extra letters. We should!
I can see the first 8 being counted as just "letter with an accent", but what about the last one? How can that not be its own letter? It's a whole new symbol not found in the "base" alphabet ffs. You should definitely count at least that one - because size matters