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swort on Aug 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: If English were written like Chinese (1999)

The letter 'M' in the Roman alphabet is derived from the symbol for running water in phonecian, and the letter 'A' is a rotated cow's head.

Phonecian is partly derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics. I love this stuff.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet

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