Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:26 AM

10 letters dropped from the Alphabet.

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10 letters dropped from the Alphabet. (Original post)	Crutchez_CuiBono	Jan 2019	OP
Thanks for posting!! Info v interesting. Knew about 'thorn',	bobbieinok	Jan 2019	#1
I believe they are from classical Greek, but it's 2AM and I'm not...	TreasonousBastard	Jan 2019	#3
interesting and thanks	yonder	Jan 2019	#2
And what about all the letters beyond Z?...	PoliticAverse	Jan 2019	#4
This scratches the rarest geeky itch!	forgotmylogin	Jan 2019	#5

Response to Crutchez_CuiBono (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:03 AM

bobbieinok (12,858 posts)

1. Thanks for posting!! Info v interesting. Knew about 'thorn',

Are the ae and oe related to German umlaut a and umlaut o?

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Response to bobbieinok (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:29 AM

TreasonousBastard (42,903 posts)

3. I believe they are from classical Greek, but it's 2AM and I'm not...

looking it up now.

What I found interesting is that the "uu" became "w". But German uses a "w". Maybe it didn't back in the 17th century, but that's another thing I'm not looking up now.

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Response to Crutchez_CuiBono (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:08 AM

yonder (9,440 posts)