PSA:
Tomorrow will be the finale to my 12 Days before Christmas...YEP tease tease
you have to wait til Christmas Eve.
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November Reader's Digest and I happened upon this article,
"The Secret Lives of Letters", by Brooke Nelson. Mr. Nelson says letters may be small characters, but there are amazing stories behind all 26 alphabet all-stars.
E and F can be found by clicking here
So interesting!
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting and in fact all the things you've been telling us about language and the alphabet, etc. have been TOTALLY interesting!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Teddy
the H story is quite interesting, especially since our last name starts with H... seems from these posts our letters have been changing and changing and we never knew it. very interesting on the C and G
ReplyDeletePS and now we have letters provided by Auto Correct, so who knows where we will end up
ReplyDeleteWe wouldn't want to mess with "C"! And what would Frisco do without G? He IS a Ginger!
ReplyDeleteGood to know about the different letters. Who knew??? You all have a fantasic day.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDelete"Aytch" is how all English dictionaries suggest the pronunciation of the letter and the use of "Haytch" considered acceptable if one was from certain regions. Generally, at school, we were taught that the latter was 'common' (subtext for lower class = ignorant). The aristocratic us of "Haytch" was considered and affectation. Whilst both are accepted for 'BBC' usage now, for those of us brought up on the first, the second causes a cringe!
More of a concern to me is the dreadful grammar which has crept into use. "I" where "me" ought to be, and also too as well in the came sentence... sigh... YAM xx
We learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know these things. I do now. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous Sunday, Cecilia. Big hug. ♥
It is so interesting how our language evolved.
ReplyDeleteWe are in total agreement with Aunty Yam about how the English is being butchered. Mom is happy that at least most of her grands are getting very good grammar lessons in school. She cringes when she reads some things.
ReplyDeleteWe are so enjoying this alphabet series.
Merry Christmas from all of us!
Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber
That sure is a couple of cool letters!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting indeed!!!
ReplyDeleteMags and Cam
I always wondered why C and G were so similar looking. Now I know.
ReplyDeleteWow...we learned something today!
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Furkids
That was interesting about C and G! Mom i going to have to go and find a Reader's Digest to find out more. Writing for a living makes me interested in these things.
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Marv
How interesting! Thank cod C and G got separated.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting letter information. :) XO
ReplyDeleteI read something the other day that just blew my mind...it doesn't matter how the alphabet is written. The letters could be in any order. LOL!
ReplyDeleteyes, Ma (being Irish Catholic) knows this...her Gma told her all abouts it when she was a wee lass. Didn't knows abouts the G and the C though!
ReplyDeleteI hopes you guys are having a most FABulous Holiday weekend!!!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
very interesting and I never thought about how the letters were developed
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