The Letter M

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This feature is all about M.  M-motionally made me mewl... ;-)

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1) Our current letter M started out as an Egyptian hieroglyph. What does this hieroglyph resemble?

2) What did the great grandparent of our M look like?

3) The Phoenicians called their letter "mem". What does it look like?

4) The Greek mu evolved from the Phoenician mem. What does the mu look like?

5) What 2 civilizations adopted the Greek mu?

6) When did the rounded lowercase m start to appear?

7) 7 Roman letters were also used as Roman numerals. What was their numerical value for the letter M? 


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help


M-minent M!

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DL
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