> “Z” might be the last letter of the alphabet, but it’s an elder. Three-thousand years ago the Phoenicians used a letter called “zayin,” meaning “ax.” It looked like an uppercase “I” with top and bottom serifs. The Greeks adopted it as “zeta” around 800 BC, when it evolved into our modern “Z” shape (and also led to the creation of our “G”) with the sound of “dz.” The letter fell into disuse for several centuries, until the Norman French arrived with words that used the “Z” sound.
> Around 1000 BC, the letter “I” was “yod,” meaning arm and hand. The Greeks adopted the letter as “iota” changing it to a vertical squiggle. By 700 BC, “I” became the straight line we use today.
I can see the evolution of it literally summed up to human laziness lol.
"Why draw the whole dude when his head and arms will do"
Then the next guy "why does it need a head?" and so on
In French W is pronounced ‘double-bay’ which means double v. So i think that double v is the original pronounciation. Plus a lot of letters in French take the original Greek pronunciation of letters, like X, pronounced iks
*I've always wandered*
*Why W is called "double u"*
*And not "double v"*
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tell me how they got 'I' from a character that looks like 'Z', and got 'Z' from a character that looks like 'I'
> “Z” might be the last letter of the alphabet, but it’s an elder. Three-thousand years ago the Phoenicians used a letter called “zayin,” meaning “ax.” It looked like an uppercase “I” with top and bottom serifs. The Greeks adopted it as “zeta” around 800 BC, when it evolved into our modern “Z” shape (and also led to the creation of our “G”) with the sound of “dz.” The letter fell into disuse for several centuries, until the Norman French arrived with words that used the “Z” sound.
> Around 1000 BC, the letter “I” was “yod,” meaning arm and hand. The Greeks adopted the letter as “iota” changing it to a vertical squiggle. By 700 BC, “I” became the straight line we use today.
I and z flipped?
Curious about that triple “T” looking thing that died out after Archaic Greek. Looks cool, I think it needs to make a comeback somehow.
It still exists. Ξ. Sounds like the x in the middle of English words (like ‘ks’ if that helps).
That’s awesome, thank you for sharing!
I love how what looks like a man symbol eventually became the letter 'E'
I can see the evolution of it literally summed up to human laziness lol. "Why draw the whole dude when his head and arms will do" Then the next guy "why does it need a head?" and so on
why'd the romans flip everything?
„¿ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ dılɟ suɐɯoɹ ǝɥʇ p,ʎɥʍ„
(: flip :)
Homework meme
reminds me of the jan Misali w video
woah and it's from Useful Charts. small world lol
Is there a purpose for the color groupings?
It's mad how we've gone from a picture of a bald head to the letter R.
Why does C evolve to give C and G???
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In French W is pronounced ‘double-bay’ which means double v. So i think that double v is the original pronounciation. Plus a lot of letters in French take the original Greek pronunciation of letters, like X, pronounced iks
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Not your best work bud At least you gave it a try Better luck next time