The Alphabet

[guncrasher]

not naming names but in some Scandinavian countries the only vowel is y. I guess they skip some letters.  and the Russian alphabet looks like it was created in Australia, as it looks upside down.


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[MiloMorai]

not naming names but in some Scandinavian countries the only vowel is y. I guess they skip some letters.  and the Russian alphabet looks like it was created in Australia, as it looks upside down.


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It is evolved from a preceding alphabet.

[sparky127]

It is evolved from a preceding alphabet.

ALL language is.

[MiloMorai]

The transcript of the program, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/a-to-z-the-first-alphabet/

[Arlo]

You're gonna get reported (for no good reason). 

[sparky127]

You're gonna get reported (for no good reason). 

Rules are rules.  Should they be followed , or not?

[Arlo]

Rules are rules.  Should they be followed , or not?

Report, man, report. 

[bj229r]

Think Not what? Watch the program or the Russian alphabet.

My GOD man, did you even WATCH the show???

[CptTrips]

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[MiloMorai]

My GOD man, did you even WATCH the show???

It is clear that you didn't watch the program.

[bj229r]

You must have only watched the episodes without Ensign Chekov

[guncrasher]

thanks Milo,  watching it now.  just to throw a bone at Gina, there was a big bird, we call it a falcon.

damn interesting show.


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[GasTeddy]

Russian alphabet was created so that drunk Russians would still be able to read/spell/and write

Well, so called Russian alphabets were created on the shores of Lake Ohrid which was on that time part of 1st Bulgarian Kingdom, as Russians were already at that time too drunk to create them by themselves.

My mother tongue uses Latin ones with Scandinavian additions and I live nowadays in Bulgaria, stone throw  from Greek border so there are several alphabets and letters available here.


Btw, just noticed I'm again under the loop of Big Brother, watched by vigilant guardians of forums moderators and no clue why. Someone has really sensitive and sore seating platform.

[Bizman]

not naming names but in some Scandinavian countries the only vowel is y. I guess they skip some letters.  and the Russian alphabet looks like it was created in Australia, as it looks upside down.


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I wonder which language that might be. My Swedish is almost as fluent as my English and on that basis I can read Norwegian and Danish to a degree - understanding spoken Danish is another thing! Even some Icelandic words make sense as well as Old Norse based names. They all have more than one vowel. Stricktly speaking Finland doesn't belong to Scandinavia but if you count us in, we have eight. And then there's Sami, or rather the three Sami languages spoken in all Lapland.

Speaking about pronunciation, to me it seems like English could do with the least amount of written vowels! I base that claim to the fact that a single vowel can be pronounced in several ways depending on the word - and as far as I know there's no other way to know the right pronunciation than learning by heart!

[Bizman]

The transcript of the program, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/a-to-z-the-first-alphabet/

Oh crap, it doesn't show here.

Yes, I know about VPN but so far I've not found it absolutely necessary.