/2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-22370 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:50:10 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-22370 How many redundant letters are there in the English Alphabet? What would be the ideal of a perfect alphabet, and how far does the English Alphabet fall short of that ideal?

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-19549 Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:52:35 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-19549 Word list activities: Using ch to spell the /sh/ sound. Learn about the words: Using ch to spell the /sh/ sound using Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check, spelling games, spelling tests and printable activities.

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-19399 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:46:48 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-19399 This image of the Phoenician alphabet shows details of the letters used. For the origin of this alphabet and other alphabets, see the Phoenician alphabet origin discussion. The Greek and Latin vowels were formed from these letters in the Phoenician alphabet: A — aleph, E — he, I — yodh, O — ayin, U — waw.

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-5480 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 02:24:04 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-5480 the original most perfect alphabet is ellene .. [ greek is a nickname for it] the capital letters are different than the small letters making it very difficult for most today. when schools and libraries were burned by priests in rome it was dark ages. c was a mistake and left this way by gypsies that burned schools and libraries. the new testament was written in the simplest form of it. we have interlinears available cbd bookstore Peabody ma.

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-1143 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:55:32 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-1143 […] ambiguity has frustrated spellers of English across generations. Many years ago I looked into the history of the letter C in order to satisfy one kid’s curiosity that mirrored my own. I learned about the Phonecian […]

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-1142 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:12:59 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-1142 Thank you for this article. I have wondered the same thing many times in my life. Very helpful. :-)

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-65 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:13:06 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-65 Why do we have the differnece in pronouncing ‘cha’
like in ‘character’ we have the sound ‘ka’ while when we write ‘champion’ we use ‘cha’ itself can anyone give me proper explanation for this.
if so please mail me at michaeldjoan@gmail.com

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-64 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:02:17 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-64 Is there a rule for when to spell a word with a K and when to use the hard letter C? thanks for the help.

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-63 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:24:06 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-63 can u please clarify how would the word “cueller” be pronounced? will it k sound or s sound? and why?

]]> /2003/08/the-history-of-the-letter-c/#comment-62 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:24:57 +0000 /wordpress/?p=38#comment-62 plz give the history of of letter y its kind n mere request.

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