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McKay The Disorganised Started conversation Feb 16, 2012
It's been a long time since I did one of these :
What used to come after Z in the alphabet ?
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 16, 2012
Now I Know My ABCs, Next Time Won't You Sing With Me.
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 16, 2012
It was not a full stop, swl, but it is still today.
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 16, 2012
You'll need the whole song Baron. Oh and some latin.
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 16, 2012
Sorry that should have said USED today
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pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Feb 16, 2012
Bacon & Eggs?
After a lot of ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's it's breakfast for me.
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toybox Posted Feb 16, 2012
A treble U?
Hmmm, no, that would come after the W...
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Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") Posted Feb 16, 2012
Wasn't there another letter for the "th" sound at one point that looked a bit like a 'y'? Or is this just something I've wrongly remembered from QI?
I think I'm right in saying that the Russian Cyrillic alphabet had a number of unnecessary letters removed after the revolution...
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toybox Posted Feb 16, 2012
The letter is H. It's still there, actually.
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 16, 2012
No, I remember reading about the "th" character. It looked like a 'p' but with the vertical line extended equally above as below.
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Feb 16, 2012
The yogh looks more like what McKay is looking for:
A22808243
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 16, 2012
Did you know that an old English name for the letter Z is 'izzard'?
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 16, 2012
Yes, Bel, that's the one I was thinking of and that's also where I know it from, of course. 
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Feb 16, 2012
Is it omega?
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Mu Beta Posted Feb 16, 2012
H.
Certainly in the Greek alphabet, this would be true.
B
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 16, 2012
After rereading the Þ guide entry, A2922077, I thought it might interest the folks on Reddit's 'Today I Learned' section. It did. It got upvoted to the front page. http://redd.it/psark
Anyway, carry on.
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- 1: McKay The Disorganised (Feb 16, 2012)
- 2: swl (Feb 16, 2012)
- 3: Baron Grim (Feb 16, 2012)
- 4: McKay The Disorganised (Feb 16, 2012)
- 5: McKay The Disorganised (Feb 16, 2012)
- 6: McKay The Disorganised (Feb 16, 2012)
- 7: pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? (Feb 16, 2012)
- 8: toybox (Feb 16, 2012)
- 9: Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") (Feb 16, 2012)
- 10: toybox (Feb 16, 2012)
- 11: Baron Grim (Feb 16, 2012)
- 12: aka Bel - A87832164 (Feb 16, 2012)
- 13: aka Bel - A87832164 (Feb 16, 2012)
- 14: hygienicdispenser (Feb 16, 2012)
- 15: Baron Grim (Feb 16, 2012)
- 16: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Feb 16, 2012)
- 17: Mu Beta (Feb 16, 2012)
- 18: toybox (Feb 16, 2012)
- 19: Baron Grim (Feb 16, 2012)
- 20: aka Bel - A87832164 (Feb 16, 2012)
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