Re: CHAT: C in Greek Alphabet

Roger Mills wrote:

> Seems to me there were two forms for "r" too, but I could be wrong.
There is an r rotunda and a regular r. The regular r looks like a print
r. The r rotunda looks like a capital R without vertical line, sized and
styled as appropriate for a lowercase letter. The r rotunda was used
after letters with a round right edge, originally just o but extended to
include p, b, d when written like an eth ð without the crossbar, etc. It
is from the r rotunda that the French-style cursive r developed. So the
distinction here is based on the previous letter, not what follows...

Anyway, I was wondering why it is that both Greek and Latin delevoped
two forms of lc s, being final and non-final. It seemed unlikely to be
coincidence. But following this thread, perhaps it was...

--
Tristan.

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