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Re:What Character Was Removed from the Alphabet? by mbg721 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @10:58AM (#36370740)
Some probably did, the same ones that addressed their dad as "pay-ter".
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Re:What Character Was Removed from the Alphabet? by adzm on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:21PM (#36372901)
I'm sorry, can you explain this one?
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Re:What Character Was Removed from the Alphabet? by mbg721 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @10:35PM (#36376806)
In British families of a certain class, at least on TV, the son would address the father in Latin as "pater" but with a long A sound. It comes off now as an absurd affectation, much like using "per se" regularly in the name of a letter.
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