Re: Greek & Latin vowels (was: CHAT letter names etc)

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> But where the heck did the names Rho and Sigma come from?
My guess is that rho is an analogy rhyme with o (mikron), and that sigma
comes from mixing up the name of samekh with shin.  The name shin survives as
san, an archaic Greek letter.

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