http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 05:11:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883&cpage=1#comment-7331 The Occupant Tue, 09 Jul 2013 03:50:44 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883#comment-7331 I always found this rather cool, even as a kid, that something as seemingly ordinary as our alphabet would have such a long and twisty history. I always found this rather cool, even as a kid, that something as seemingly ordinary as our alphabet would have such a long and twisty history.

]]> http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883&cpage=1#comment-4249 Thomas Sun, 20 May 2012 22:31:08 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883#comment-4249 I'd bet most students of linguistics, whose intro included that general alphabet stuff, remember some version of that story. My bet: your version is uncannily close to reality :-) I’d bet most students of linguistics, whose intro included that general alphabet stuff, remember some version of that story. My bet: your version is uncannily close to reality :-)

]]> http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883&cpage=1#comment-4248 Thomas Sun, 20 May 2012 22:30:49 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=1883#comment-4248 I'd bet most students of linguistics, whose intro included that general alphabet stuff, remember some version of that story. More precisely, your version is uncannily close :-) I’d bet most students of linguistics, whose intro included that general alphabet stuff, remember some version of that story. More precisely, your version is uncannily close :-)

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