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Writing Workshop: A829136 - A Brief History of the Letter I
Captain_SpankMunki [Keeper & Former ACE] Thanking <Diety of choice> for the joy of Goo. Started conversation Oct 26, 2002
Entry: A Brief History of the Letter I - A829136
Author: Captain_SpankMunki <*Keeper of Limed Oak Desks With Leatherette Inlay*> Support the GuideDog project at A745887 - U195006
After a reasonalbe start I have run out of steam for this entry. Would anyone like to point me towards further information? I would like to say something about the I/J thing in Latin but am having difficulty finding any valid information on it.
Liam.
A829136 - A Brief History of the Letter I
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 28, 2002
The Roman alphabet used for spelling Latin had no letter J or U. The letter V was used for U as well as for V. Latin didn't have a J sound. Julius Caesar would have been written IVLIVS in Latin and would have been pronounced yoo-lee-us. The letter J started out just as a letter I with a fancy tail on it.
The English language had a sound which needed a letter so people started using the fancy I (J) for this sound and the simple I (I) for the normal vowel.
A829136 - A Brief History of the Letter I
Cyzaki Posted Jun 23, 2005
The author has elvised - Flea Market time?
A829136 - A Brief History of the Letter I
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 23, 2005
Is Spank_Munki gone? 
Well, if so, it should be done.
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Cyzaki Posted Jun 23, 2005
Who's going to do the e-mail? It might be a long one...
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Nov 4, 2005
I'd like to take this one on if it goes to the Flea Market, since I already wrote "The Development of the Western Alphabet".
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Nov 4, 2005
Let's FM it then.
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Spankmunki: The Answer is Lemons. Next break in the current workload due mid-December. Posted Nov 3, 2006
Having elvised and returned under a different guise how do I go about getting this one back - that is if Gnomon hasn't already staked his claim 
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Nov 3, 2006
I believe that since it is your entry, you can remove it from the Flea Market. Go to Writing-FleaMarket, find your entry on the list and click on the little X beside its name. Then it's yours to do what you will with.
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Nov 3, 2006
I believe that Spankmunki no longer has access to the account he originally used to create the entry, so that approach won't be feasible. I think it'll be a matter of creating a new entry, cutting and pasting the content and GuideML from this one <./>test829136</.> into the new one and working on it from there.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Nov 3, 2006
In that case, just post a message in the Flea Market saying you're taking it back again, and then copy and paste as Wallace said.
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Writing Workshop: A829136 - A Brief History of the Letter I
- 1: Captain_SpankMunki [Keeper & Former ACE] Thanking <Diety of choice> for the joy of Goo. (Oct 26, 2002)
- 2: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 28, 2002)
- 3: Cyzaki (Jun 23, 2005)
- 4: Gnomon - time to move on (Jun 23, 2005)
- 5: Cyzaki (Jun 23, 2005)
- 6: Cyzaki (Nov 4, 2005)
- 7: Gnomon - time to move on (Nov 4, 2005)
- 8: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Nov 4, 2005)
- 9: Cyzaki (Nov 4, 2005)
- 10: Spankmunki: The Answer is Lemons. Next break in the current workload due mid-December. (Nov 3, 2006)
- 11: Gnomon - time to move on (Nov 3, 2006)
- 12: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Nov 3, 2006)
- 13: Gnomon - time to move on (Nov 3, 2006)
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