Letters

lampbane commented on the list letters

How about ſ?

December 1, 2007

mollusque commented on the list letters

Thanks, Lampbane. Does it have a name?

December 1, 2007

lampbane commented on the list letters

That's the long s.

December 1, 2007

bilby commented on the list letters

I was going to say Prince, but he was a symbol not a letter.

December 1, 2007

trivet commented on the list letters

ß?

December 1, 2007

vanishedone commented on the list letters

Digamma? (Among others.)

December 2, 2007

mollusque commented on the list letters

Thanks, trivet and VanishedOne. I see wikipedia also lists names for

December 2, 2007

lampbane commented on the list letters

Sorting these in alphabetical order yields some interesting results.

December 2, 2007

mollusque commented on the list letters

And strangely enough, cloud view doesn't put them in the same order.

December 2, 2007

Prolagus commented on the list letters

�? as in pu�?�?ica... Hi, mollusque.

May 14, 2008

mollusque commented on the list letters

Thanks, Prolagus. If you're not back, it's a good front.

May 14, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list letters

See comment on letters.

August 3, 2008

bilby commented on the list letters

Some people wish.

November 7, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list letters

ė as in gražutė.

November 17, 2008

mollusque commented on the list letters

Thanks, Pro. Do you know how its pronounced?

November 17, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list letters

I'm not allowed to reveal it.

November 17, 2008

bilby commented on the list letters

ñ

February 2, 2009

nuxiy commented on the list letters

Φ

March 31, 2009

john commented on the list letters

I love this list. This is a lot to ask, but it would be cool to see the names of each letter on its respective page. Maybe I'll start chipping away at that.

March 31, 2009

Prolagus commented on the list letters

n͠g!

May 22, 2009

middlesmith commented on the list letters

Great list. Takes me back to my spell-check crisis during a Beowulf seminar.

May 23, 2009

bilby commented on the list letters

Ha ha!

May 23, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list letters

Great comment, middlesmith. :)

May 23, 2009

milosrdenstvi commented on the list letters

Hmm...looks like you've found 23 of the 33 Georgian letters so far. If you like hide and seek you can probably find a few more in the words I've already put up. A lot of letters look ridiculously similar, especially in type and when hand-written. ban and gan are near indistinguishable, as are p'ar, k'an, vin, tsan, and hae, as are san and khan, as are un and shin, as are dzil and man (though I don't think I've put up any words with dzil yet). I could have mercy on you and just give you the rest of them. At any rate, I don't think I saw a single word with zhan in the whole time I was there (except for proper names) so here is ჟ for your taking.

On the other hand, be thankful for a unicameral alphabet, for once!

August 26, 2009

mollusque commented on the list letters

Thanks, Milosrdenstvi. I could just take them from Wikipedia, but it's more fun to spot them as they're used on Wordie. Apparently there's more than one way to write the Georgian alphabet. What did you learn about that?

August 26, 2009

milosrdenstvi commented on the list letters

Well, the two older alphabets are never used anymore. I saw some inscriptions that used them in some old churches, but otherwise nothing. jil (ჯ) is commonly written in handwriting rotated 45 degrees with the horizontal bar shortened and the bottom hook larger. Aside from that they have their varieties of typefaces, some of which are really confusing just like some English ones. (You could tell a Chinese restaurant by the faux Asian lettering, just like in America!)

August 26, 2009

milosrdenstvi commented on the list letters

I'm throwing you ჰ (hae) as well. I can't find any words with it that aren't proper names or Latin derivatives.

September 3, 2009

Prolagus commented on the list letters

mollusque, unfortunately we still can't edit comments on lists. I'll correct mine as soon as possible.

November 19, 2009

ruzuzu commented on the list letters

koppa?

January 31, 2011

mollusque commented on the list letters

Thanks ruzuzu, name and letters added.

February 1, 2011