G

As the Greeks continued to develop their alphabet they encountered unusual problems. The sounds of their language did not always match the sounds of the letters they had adopted from the Phoenician alphabet. This led to the development of new letters that denoted vowel sounds called diphthongs. A diphthong combines two vowels to signify a distinct vowel sound. Eventually these letters became associated with long vowel sounds like the long e sound in the word "keep". Several varieties of the Greek alphabet developed, but eventually the Athenians chose to use the Eastern version and all others followed suit. Another interesting but unknown fact is that originally Greek also read from left to right like Hebrew (a throw back to its Semitic roots), but that too was abandoned to the Phoenician style of writing which went right to left.

[Carole]

G..reat shot, love the detail, learning as I admire the shot, time well spent

[D. Marie Williams More]

The shadow helps bring out the texture of the wood so much

[mary sybel evangelista]

these is way too cool -- for the letter G, right from the shadow..you've got one keen eyes!

[Kerri]

Great G

[Carole Imes]

Wow, amazing! Very creatively done.

[Colleen]

Love the shadow!

[karenann]

And now you're doing it with shadows!! You can't get more creative than this . . beautiful shot, Ann. (And you can read this from left to right!") :)

[davide]

Goergeous! here's the sun (or the shadow) writing on the wood! very good Ann

[Samantha]

Great find. ~ All your letter shots are great. Good job finding them!

[Nicole Campbell]

Gorgeous shadows Ann and perfectly captured.

[Rick Schies]

G whiz, nice capture. You are doing pretty good with this challenge.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@melorac thank you Carole- you are so G-racious!
@dmariewms thanks Marie!
@marysybel thanks Mary- good to see you here again! I hope you have been well and safe!
@kerristephens thanks Kerri!
@cimes1 thanks Carole!
@httpgeffed thanks Colleen!
@karenann thanks Karenann lol!
@woot thanks Davide!
@sanera thanks Samantha!
@nicolecampbell thanks Nicole!
@digitalrn thanks Rick!

Thanks to everyone- thanks sooo much! I love all your comments and appreciate them too! I really am enjoying this challenge and I can't believe how many letters I see- I've started taking them ahead of time so that I won't forget where they are! This shadow was a complete surprise- it's right by my front door and was made by the hanger of our front door light- I was originally looking for an E, but when I really looked at it, I knew it was meant to be a G. Thanks again to everyone!!

[alia_801]

Brilliant G! I love how you've used the shadow here too :)

[summerfield]

glowing A for this clever idea! i like it!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@alia_801 Thanks Alia! It was a good find for sure!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki!

[Joanna Payne]

Nice G! Ha! It's like my E but upside down and the other way round, or in normal language...a shadow!! This is fun comparing our alphabets!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@joannapayne Thanks Joanna! I noticed that and thought the same thing! It is fun- even the approach is a bit different and I enjoying seeing how others took on the subject.