THE English alphabet used to have extra letters that have been lost as centuries went by. While today our alphabet consists of 26 letters, the people of Middle Age Britain had an additional six ...
The alphabet regulates how we learn the English letters (to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”), organize books on library shelves and line up students for a graduation procession. Saying the ...
THE English language has had a long and storied history, and it's gone through many changes throughout the years. You only have to flip through a few pages of any William Shakespeare's play to see how ...
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Discover how Chinese and Japanese writing systems work without alphabets, using symbols and syllabaries that represent ...
Why Q Needs U. By Danny Bate. Blink Publishing; 336 pages; £14.99. T HE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children memorise it before they know why it matters. Then it’s of ...
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Z style alphabets. Chinese uses characters tied to meaning while Japanese blends characters and syllabaries. Together they show how writing can evolve far beyond letters.
Today, after spending two weeks on Punjabi and its writing system Gurmukhi, it’s time to have a little look at some of the terms I have thrown around in those blogs. Off There are many different ...