The Letter F

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This feature is all about F.  F-fectively featured! ;-)

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"F"

1) The letter F evolved from an Egyptian Hieroglyph which is a picture of a ___.

2) What did this Egyptian character (of question 1) look like when simplified?

3) The Phoenicians called this character "waw" meaning ___ or ___.

4) What 3 sounds does this Phoenician letter make?

5) When the Greek used this Phoenician letter, they split this letter into two characters.  One represented the ___ sound and the other represented the ___ sound.

6) What two sounds did the Romans use with the F symbol?

7) The German language uses the letter ___ to represent the F sound.

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


F-ficient F!

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DL
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