tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post113331994082256397..comments2018-01-16T12:23:53.953-05:00Comments on The Bitter Scroll: Short-Lived Latin LettersEric Kingsepphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476165935626170539noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post-1133378697440380482005-11-30T14:24:00.000-05:002005-11-30T14:24:00.000-05:00I'm just sorry the public schools failed me so mis...I'm just sorry the public schools failed me so miserably. I never learned about the alphabet missing certain letters during my entire 12 years in the public school system of Philadelphia.My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post-1133375115313746442005-11-30T13:25:00.000-05:002005-11-30T13:25:00.000-05:00Ah. Thanks for the origin of "digamma", guys. So...Ah. Thanks for the origin of "digamma", guys. So it sounds like the 'di-' works in both its senses of "through" (dia) and "two" (duo/dis). Do we know for sure from somewhere that it's one or the other of these?<BR/><BR/>(I knew that was just your name for it, Tensor, but it seemed appropriate, and I needed to call it something. :-) Thanks again for the post.)Eric Kingsepphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16476165935626170539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14287904.post-1133330050476969162005-11-30T00:54:00.000-05:002005-11-30T00:54:00.000-05:00I'm pretty sure digamma refers to the fact that F ...I'm pretty sure <I>digamma</I> refers to the fact that F looks like an upper-case <I>gamma</I> with an additional horizontal bar.<BR/><BR/>Also, don't mistake my wisecrack about "demieta" for the real name of the character, which as best I can tell is simply "half aitch". It would be interesting to know how the Big C referred to it in Latin, but the Wikipedia article doesn't have any references to primary sources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com