Wednesday 1 June 2016

The Letter O

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This feature is all about O.  O-pen sesame! ;-)

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

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1) If the letter O didn't originate from an egg, a stone, nor a mouth, what did it originate from?


2) What do you call the symbol used to refer to the O sound that appeared in Phoenician and other Semitic languages around 1000 BC?


3) What did the Greeks call their short vowel sound of O? How about their long vowel sound O?

4) How did the Phoenicians and the Greeks draw their letter O?

5) How did the Romans draw their letter O?



Clueless? Perhaps this link will help


O-some O!


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DL
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