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What are the origins of the letter 's'?In: English Language [Recategorize] |
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The Letter S
Letter S. A great letter. Although letter C sometimes makes the same initial sound, letter S is the only letter dedicated to that sound. To me, it is also a lot more elegant and sinuous. Plus, letter C could be removed completely from the alphabet and we would get along just fine... replacing all instances of C with K or S.
It is believed by some that the letter S was developed from ancient Greek. If you'll look at the illustration of the letter Sigma on this site: http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/greek/index.asp, you will see that sigma was written as something that appears kind of S-ish.
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there are many, many others. :)
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