Re: Yogh (was Re: y sound)
| From: | Tristan <kesuari@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 18, 2003, 8:08 |
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On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 17:44, Joe wrote:
> Maybe we should standardise list English and readopt the þorn and the eð. I
> like the wynn, but it could just be a p.
Sounds like a plan!
> And, um, stupid question, but what's a hwair?
It's one of two things.
1: A letter in the Gothic alphabet (which derives from the Greek one).
2: A letter in the Roman alphabet used to transliterate the Gothic
letter. It, in turn, is transliterated as HW or HV, hence hwair. I
believe the hwair was designed by a German Gothicist.
If I'm not much mistaken, the name of the letter is pronounced either
/hwer/ or /hwEr/, or maybe with an unvoiced /w/ rather than /hw/.
Tristan.
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