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How can words be described? What makes a word a "word"? We don't know the answer to this, but we can theorise that words are defined on how we see things.
 

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How can words be described? What makes a word a "word"? We don't know the answer to this, but we can theorise that words are defined on how we see things.
words are made of one thing
they are made of letters :o
 
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words are made of one thing
they are made of letters :o
The English alphabet originated from the Greeks. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 

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The English alphabet originated from the Greeks. Correct me if I'm wrong.
You're wrong

Modern western writing came from Egyptian hieroglyphs, which evolved into a shorthand used by workers that would ultimately end up being the Phoenician alphabet

Contrary to popular belief hieroglyphs are phonetic and constitute an abjad, a form of alphabet made entirely of consonants

The Greeks copied these letters and turned some into vowels

The letter aleph for instance, our A, was not a vowel (and indeed vowels didn't exist) but was turned into a vowel for the purpose of Greek writing

The Greek alphabet then split into many separate systems, and may have been the progenitor of the italic script used in the Italian peninsula (probably through contact with Magna Graecia)

The Greek alphabet is also the direct parent to the Cyrillic script now used throughout eastern Europe

In either case Greek was neither the direct parent to the Latin alphabet we use (that would be the italic script) nor the first in the line (that would be Egyptian hieroglyphs)
But merely one ancestor in the line of alphabets and writing systems
 

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This torture tool is called an "Écouilleur" in french
It could be translated to an "Unballer"

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Modern western writing came from Egyptian hieroglyphs, which evolved into a shorthand used by workers that would ultimately end up being the Phoenician alphabet

Contrary to popular belief hieroglyphs are phonetic and constitute an abjad, a form of alphabet made entirely of consonants

The Greeks copied these letters and turned some into vowels

The letter aleph for instance, our A, was not a vowel (and indeed vowels didn't exist) but was turned into a vowel for the purpose of Greek writing

The Greek alphabet then split into many separate systems, and may have been the progenitor of the italic script used in the Italian peninsula (probably through contact with Magna Graecia)

The Greek alphabet is also the direct parent to the Cyrillic script now used throughout eastern Europe

In either case Greek was neither the direct parent to the Latin alphabet we use (that would be the italic script) nor the first in the line (that would be Egyptian hieroglyphs)
But merely one ancestor in the line of alphabets and writing systems
Okay thanks
 

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For an interesting example of inconsistent consonant to vowel transformation, take a look at Greek H which is a vowel, and compare with our H which is a consonant

It becomes clear the origin of the italic script is not completely Greek
 
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The other day @godreborn, @Hayato213 and @CoolMe were trying to get something to eat.
Alas, our aforementioned tempers were broke at the time and desperate to get money to buy some pizzas and whatnot.

Suddenly, @CoolMe grabbed a coin and realized something anusing:

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godreborn: What?
Hayato: A penny?
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Hayato: 👁️👄👁️
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godreborn: Yeah we know, so what?
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CoolMe seemed to had a good idea, and the other two didn't wanted to get behind.
@hayato and @godreborn looked at each other, excited and took a good look at themselves.
Suddenly:

Hayato: *gasps* LOOK! -said to godreborn and CoolMe-
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CoolMe: 👁️👄👁️
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godreborn took a second look at himself when suddenly:

godreborn: *gasps* LOOK! -said to Hayato and CoolMe-
godreborn: I have the smolest penis in the whole world! Maybe I too can get paid!

Our three friends got triple excited and decided to go to 45 W 45th St, New York, Guinness World Records offices and they explained the whole situation.

So, one by one entered the offices and got measured.

CoolMe went first and got out super happy with a 140K dollars check for his small hands.

Hayato went second and got out double happy with another 130K dollar check for his smol feet.

godreborn went third and got out super angry screaming: "WHO THE FUCK IS @x65943 !?"
 

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