Question #4
A EF HI KLMN T VWXY
-----------------------
BCD G J OPQRS U
"Does "Z" go on the top or bottom of the line, why?"
- Becky
The answer is no, it does not.
When the alphabet consited of only capital characters Z was not included. Early language had used S sound alone for both the unvoiced and the voiced sibilant. Later, the Latin sound was not written with a Z, but with a G or an I. The question is sort of confusing though, since several other characters like J and W weren't around back then either. Also, the Y had a funny little line in the middle of it that made it look like a fork.
-----------------------
BCD G J OPQRS U
"Does "Z" go on the top or bottom of the line, why?"
- Becky
The answer is no, it does not.
When the alphabet consited of only capital characters Z was not included. Early language had used S sound alone for both the unvoiced and the voiced sibilant. Later, the Latin sound was not written with a Z, but with a G or an I. The question is sort of confusing though, since several other characters like J and W weren't around back then either. Also, the Y had a funny little line in the middle of it that made it look like a fork.
posted by brien at
10/18/2004 11:38:00 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home