Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable than gold

Re:Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable tha... by brnt on Monday December 04, 2023 @01:56AM (#38514384)

> English alphabet is based on Latin

There is no such thing as an English alphabet. English uses the modern Latin alphabet, as do most European languages, full stop. Some languages make use of diacritics or have one or two (extra) modified letters (e.g. Ł or IJ), but English doesn't use any of that (unless a word is imported).

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Re:Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable tha... by Symbiote on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:21AM (#38514519)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet

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Re:Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable tha... by offices on Monday December 04, 2023 @05:39AM (#38515746)

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Re:Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable tha... by pbhjpbhj on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:47AM (#38516124)

And w, j, and maybe y ("Greek i" in French)?

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Re:Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable tha... by weatherlight on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:11PM (#38521660)

J was actually invented by the Romans and was orthographically distinct and present. It wasn't invented in the 1500, like some many people claim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lfB9mX5UUNU (Why you should write "J" when writing in Latin)

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Re:Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable tha... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @03:27PM (#38536492)

Cool, thanks for the correction.

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