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Posted on 06/15/2005 7:41:27 AM PDT by Numidian Horse
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To: Numidian Horse
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:52:55 AM PDT
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: Numidian Horse
42
posted on
06/15/2005 7:53:02 AM PDT
by
Doohickey
(CO during fire drill: "Are we conducting a training evolution or porpoising for the hell of it?")
To: Numidian Horse
43
posted on
06/15/2005 7:53:47 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: Numidian Horse
There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who dont.
What is the square root of orange?
44
posted on
06/15/2005 7:53:51 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I keep getting the following error message, 1D 10T. What does it mean?)
To: Numidian Horse
45
posted on
06/15/2005 7:54:31 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Conspiracy Guy
Two Tangerines?
46
posted on
06/15/2005 7:55:14 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: Numidian Horse
I refuse to go to this thread and be duped...
47
posted on
06/15/2005 7:56:44 AM PDT
by
CommandoFrank
(Peer into the depths of hell and you will find the face of Islam...)
To: Daus
>More Cowbell!
To: Dallas59
Why is the alphabet in that order?
49
posted on
06/15/2005 7:57:26 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
To: Daus
Oddly, this thread turned out to be a success because the replys are hilarious.
To: dead
Oh, dead, that is just awful.
51
posted on
06/15/2005 7:58:40 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Cyber Liberty
Are you wearing your Commander in Chief shirt today, Mr. President?
52
posted on
06/15/2005 7:59:45 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Numidian Horse
SOUND!!! WHERE'S THE SOUND?!?
53
posted on
06/15/2005 8:01:47 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No! I don't want a socialist muffin in a boat!)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Because "A" always comes first?
54
posted on
06/15/2005 8:04:59 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: One Dight
The replies are always funny on these threads. It has been a while since we've had a good one.
55
posted on
06/15/2005 8:06:14 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: Slip18; Deb
I was going to, then realized I had the Nixon Library one on yesterday.
I have Deb's green shirt on today. I hope she doesn't come in here and spot me in it.
56
posted on
06/15/2005 8:07:27 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: Dallas59
57
posted on
06/15/2005 8:08:21 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
To: theFIRMbss
58
posted on
06/15/2005 8:09:24 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Because...The alphabet has often been described as an arbitrary collection of symbols representing an arbitrary collection of sounds. Its order is equally random. The origins of the earliest alphabets, which were probably created around 4,000 years ago, are quite murky.
The earliest form of the alphabet was invented by the Semitic peoples living in Egypt. This original alphabet eventually gave rise to written Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, and the modern Roman languages.
The alphabet developed much out of laziness. Early pictograms required readers and writers to memorize hundreds of specific images representing words and ideas. The alphabet, on the other hand, was a kind of phonetic shorthand in which thirty basic sounds could be strung together to form words.
Egyptian hieroglyphics used both pictograms and phonemes (symbols that represent sounds). The first phonemes were based on pictograms -- for example, the symbol representing house, or "beth" in spoken Semitic, eventually became the letter "B."
So, while we can't give you an exact reason for the order, we can give you one fun (if rather obvious) fact you may not have realized -- the word "alphabet" comes from "alpha" and "beta," the first two words in the Greek alphabet.
59
posted on
06/15/2005 8:10:55 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: Numidian Horse
If you can't respond to any of the replies, put Pat on line. Then go clean the cobwebs out. Is she home?
60
posted on
06/15/2005 8:11:54 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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