Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or...
by cronjobber on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @10:06PM
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Timing. Where do you think G slots in the timeline, relative to the Latin classics?
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or...
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @11:48PM
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G dates to the classical period. But, as I pointed out above, it's still intrusive enough then that Caesar's praenomen, Gaius, is written C, not G. The name is older than the letter, but younger than Latin writing.