The Letter X

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This feature is all about X. Isn't this X-citing? ;-)

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X

1) True or false: The Phoenicians have a use for the 'x' sound.

2) The Phoenician ancestor to our X is called "samekh" which is also a word meaning ___.

3) The Phoenician samekh became the Greek ___.

4) The ___ alphabet is now what we know as the classic Greek alphabet.

5) The X we know now that is formed with 2 diagonal strokes came from the ___.

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


X-cuse me, 
need to pee! ;-)



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter W

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This feature is all about W. W'r (double u'r) fun! ;-)

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W

1) What is the most prolific Phoenician letter that also gave birth to our letter W?

2) What Greek letter was used by the Etruscans and Romans for the 'w' sound as well?

3) During the 13th century, who created the graphic form of the letter W?

4) Two V's were written to produce the 'w' sound.  Eventually, they were joined together. What did they call this letter?

5) The French chose to double the letter U to produce the 'w' sound. What did they call this doubled letter?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


Double me and W (Double U)!



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter V

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This feature is all about V. V-sitters may be my guests. ;-)

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

V

1) Which Phoenician letter gave birth to our letter V?

2) How do you pronounce the Roman word VENI?

3) How do you pronounce the Roman word IVLIUS?

4) In the Medieval period, what are the two forms of the letter U that represented the "V" sound?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


V-sualize success!



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter U

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This feature is all about U. Not ewe, and not you. ;-)

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U

1) What Phoenician letter gave birth to our letter U?

2) Between which set of a hundred years did the Greek adopt the same Phoenician letter?

3) The Greeks used the same Phoenician letter for the vowel U sound and for the F sound.  What are these 2 Greek letters?

4) What were the 2 sounds to the capital V were used by the Romans?

5) What are the 2 forms of the U in the Medieval period? 


6) In relation to #5, what one sound do they both make?


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


U-knighted we stand, d-vided we fall ;-)


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

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?



Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


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


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

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?


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help


S-tablished since 2010 ;-)


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

The Letter R

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

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

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?



Clueless? Perhaps this link will help


R-ticulate R ;-)


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