The Letter T

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This feature is all about T. It's a T-cher thing. ;-)

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T

1) What mark was used for signing letters and formal documents by people who cannot sign their own names?

2) Since the Phoenician "taw" represents the 't' sound, what other purpose did it have?

3) Which of our English alphabet letter was mistaken to be based from the taw?

4) The Greeks adopted this taw. What did they call their version?



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T-ching me the cha-ching way ;-)


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The Letter S

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This feature is all about S. S-pecially for you ;-)

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S

1) Why is the letter S a complicated letter?

2) What is the early Egyptian hieroglyph of the "s" sound symbolize?

3) The Phoenicians adapted this Egyptian hieroglyph and called it "sameth". What change did the Phoenicians make of it?

4) The Phoenicians used a character (that looks like our letter W) to produce the "sh" sound.  What did they call it?

5) The Greeks "s" sound is represented by a character that looks like our capital M lying on its side.  What did they call it?

6) The Romans used this Greek letter (that is mentioned in question 5). What does the Roman version look like?

7) What do 17th century English manuscripts (that is used to represent the long "s" sound) look like?  

8) The Germans used a letter to represent the double lowercase "s". What does it look like?


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S-tablished since 2010 ;-)


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"X-cellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."
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The Letter R

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This feature is all about R. Wow, R-tistic! ;-)

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R

1) What is the Egyptian hieroglyph for the sound of consonant "R" called? 

2) How is this hieroglyph drawn?

3) What was the Phoenician sign for their "R" sound called?

4) What does the Phoenician word (the same in #3's answer) mean in English?

5) True or False: In terms of the "R" sound, The Phoenician sign bore the resemblance of the Egyptian hieroglyph.

6) Which culture did the Greeks copy their "R" sound letter from?

7) What did the Greeks call their "R" sound letter?

8) What 2 cultures did the Romans borrow their "R" sound letter?

9) What stroke did the Romans add to this letter?



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R-ticulate R ;-)


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"X-cellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."
--Tom Peters 

The Letter Q

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This feature is all about Q. I saw pelicans Q for their food! ;-)

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Q

1) The Phoenician called their letter Q "ooph".  What does ooph also mean in Phoenician?

2) Why did the Greeks change the name of the letter ooph into "koppa"?

3) Before the Etruscans adopted the koppa, how many k-sound letters did they have?

4) Which culture adopted all the k-sound letters of the Etruscans?

5) Is the tail of the first Roman letter Q vertical or a graceful curve?


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Mind your P's and Q's. ;-)


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"X-cellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."
--Tom Peters 

The Letter P

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This feature is all about P.   P-culiar, isn't it? ;-)

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P

1) The Phoenician letter P is called "pe". What does "pe" symbolize?

2) What are the two forms of the Phoenician "pe"?

3) The Greeks had a character that looked like our letter P.  What sound did they use it for?

4) What is the Greek character use for the P sound?

5) Which civilization inherited the more rounded P?


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P's on Earth! ;-)


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"X-cellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."
--Tom Peters 

The Letter O

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

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O

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?


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O-some O!


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"X-cellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."
--Tom Peters 

The Letter N

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This feature is all about N.  N-dear me to you... ;-)

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N

1) The Egyptian character for the N sound is a wavy line. What does this image represent?

2) The Phoenician character for the N sound is called "nun" (rhymes with noon). What does the Phoenician word nun mean in English?

3) The Greek adopted the Phonician nun. What did the Greeks call it?

4) The Greeks and Romans incised their letters directly in ___ or inscribed them in ___  ___.

5) During the evolutionary change, what did the Romans do to the N's outside strokes, and what was added to it?


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N-chanting N!

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"X-cellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."
--Tom Peters