The Letter H

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This feature is all about H.  Will I attract money with an aitch-y palm? ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

"H"

1) Like our alphabet, what other 4 cultures have the letter H
as the 8th letter?

2) According to many historians, the letter H started out as an
Egyptian hieroglyph for a ___.

3) What sound did the Egyptian hieroglyph (of question #2) represented the same guttural, back-of-the-throat sound sounded like?

4) What is the meaning of kheth that the Semites call their H-sound character?

5) When the Greek borrowed the kheth, what did the Greeks call this letter?

6) What 2 cultures adapted this Greek letter (of question #5) for their own alphabet?

7) Which culture produced the prototype of our current letter H?


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


You don't have to H or scratch ;-)

:-( -> :-| -> :-)

DL
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