The next people group to move our alphabet forward were the Latins (a.k.a. the Romans) who lived in the Italian peninsula. They blended letters from the Greek alphabet and the Etruscan alphabet (a tribe in central Italy), adding and dropping letters to suit their needs. In the end, their alphabet was almost identical to our modern alphabet but it did not include the letters G, J, U, W, Y, and Z.
@tklein Thanks Tina! @kerristephens Thanks Kerri! @kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi! @woot Thanks Davide! I have been hanging on to this silly thing for a couple weeks, just so I could photograph it. Then I realized it made a nice i complete with dot! What is it? You ask- an old handle from our toilet! @httpgeffed Thanks Colleen! I love the reflections from the side of the can which I captured on it too.
I like your "i!" Very pretty one and great find. And so now the Etruscans have come into the picture. Interesting. I've heard about the ancient Etruscan roads still in the Tuscany region of Italy. I wondered if they were the ones who may have had a part in the making of this alphabet.
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! @mrssmith Thanks Carla!
You know you're hooked on taking pictures for 365 when you start saving used toilet fixtures for future photos.
@digitalrn Thanks Rick- no, the Western Greek and Etruscan alphabets did not have the phonetical sounds of our g, j, u, w, y, and z. I think the g and z sounds were retained from the Hebrew- the article I've been using was a little fuzzy on this spot, because some sounds were present in the Latin alphabet the letters we use associated with them weren't. It was a little confusing because they didn't actually say how many letters were in this newest version of the alphabet. @sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry! @alia_801 Thanks Alia!
@cortens Thanks Julie- it's been fun learning about it myself. Took a break on J (forgot to post something in other words) but the lessons will resume on K, I think! @cimes1 lol Carole- you are clever!!
@prttblues Thanks Bev- I'm still laughing about this one. Jeff had fixed the handle on the toilet and rather than throwing the old one out right away I saved it for a photo! Well, it ended up becoming the I of my alphabet!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi!
@woot Thanks Davide! I have been hanging on to this silly thing for a couple weeks, just so I could photograph it. Then I realized it made a nice i complete with dot! What is it? You ask- an old handle from our toilet!
@httpgeffed Thanks Colleen! I love the reflections from the side of the can which I captured on it too.
@karenann Thanks Karenann- yes, they are the same ones.
@mrssmith Thanks Carla!
You know you're hooked on taking pictures for 365 when you start saving used toilet fixtures for future photos.
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia!
@cimes1 lol Carole- you are clever!!