The classical Greek Y and Z were added to represent the sounds oo and zzz in words borrowed from the Greek. The English alphabet reached it's total of 26 letters only after medieval scribes add w (originally written uu) and Renaissance printers separated the variant pairs i/j and u/v.
yay! i told partner that the question begs to be asked again: why do we not have a ceiling fan? brilliant Y! now i'm going downtown to shoot my pesky Y.
because yesterday it was raining and foggy so can't shoot it. this 365 is getting weird. last night i happen to look at the profile under the name. i had 98 followers and 90 following. when i logged in this morning, i saw 96 and 89. i went to the grocery store when i came back the numbers were 97 and 91. crazy. i didn't even know i have that many followers or that i'm following so many people. no wonder i couldn't catch up. yaiks!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick- yup- one to go!! @kerristephens Thanks Kerri! @kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi! @summerfield Thanks Vikki! I've picked up a few new ones too, but so far only one or two have left comments. I've noticed the site is really slow again. That means a lot of people are on it and maybe Ross et al are doing some house cleaning again. Perhaps that's why your numbers are fluctuating. ????? @karenann Thanks Karenann- yay!! @woot Thank you Davide- this has been a fun challenge. @inertie Thank you Inertia! @cimes1 Thanks Carole. This one hangs in our clubhouse with two others that are exactly like it. I don't remember seeing 3 bladed ones before, but it worked well for the alphabet. The one in our living room has 5.
Great Y. Don't get me started on the Greek alphabet! We are trying to learn some greek while we are here and it's really hard. Different alphabet to contend with before you even start to translate, and do you know of any other language where the affirmative starts with an N? To say 'ne' when you mean yes is totally counterintuitive!! Or maybe we are just natural monoglots...
@prttblues Thanks Bev! @joannapayne Thanks Joanna! I understand. I learned Koine Greek while in seminary. It was a bit tricky! Our teacher was trying to be helpful by comparing what the English grammar would do to the Greek and I finally remembering saying, "Don't tell me what the English does anymore! It's confusing enough remembering the Greek grammar!" But I was surprised at how many words from the Greek are still used in English. Keep trying!! You'll get the hang of it! @potsbypam Thanks Pam! @nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! I've picked up a few new ones too, but so far only one or two have left comments. I've noticed the site is really slow again. That means a lot of people are on it and maybe Ross et al are doing some house cleaning again. Perhaps that's why your numbers are fluctuating. ?????
@karenann Thanks Karenann- yay!!
@woot Thank you Davide- this has been a fun challenge.
@inertie Thank you Inertia!
@cimes1 Thanks Carole. This one hangs in our clubhouse with two others that are exactly like it. I don't remember seeing 3 bladed ones before, but it worked well for the alphabet. The one in our living room has 5.
@joannapayne Thanks Joanna! I understand. I learned Koine Greek while in seminary. It was a bit tricky! Our teacher was trying to be helpful by comparing what the English grammar would do to the Greek and I finally remembering saying, "Don't tell me what the English does anymore! It's confusing enough remembering the Greek grammar!" But I was surprised at how many words from the Greek are still used in English. Keep trying!! You'll get the hang of it!
@potsbypam Thanks Pam!
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole!