Re: [X] vs. [x]

My wife didn't know the word "palochka" being used for
"I", although she's Ukrainian, and Ukrainian alphabet,
like Bielorussian, uses I. It has the same
pronunciations as Russian (reversed N) - and French i
-, while Ukrainian (reversed N) corresponds to russian
"y" (looking like bI). (In Caucasian languages, it's
obviously something else).

"Palochka" means "small stick" in Russian.

--- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> Danny Wier scripsit:
>
> > But Ossete uses this sign to indicate ejectivity;
> Caucasian uses something
> > resembling a capital I.
>
> That's the CYRILLIC LETTER PALOCHKA, adopted because
> it was already present
> on Russian typewriters:  Russian uses Roman numerals
> quite frequently,
> thus requiring I and V (and perhaps L, I don't
> know).  It is caseless.
>

=====
Philippe Caquant

"High thoughts must have high language." (Aristophanes, Frogs)

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