A TO Z BLOGGING CHALLENGE - "X"

Well I finally got to a letter I haven't got anything to post........well maybe. Have you ever wondered where the letter "X" came from? What exactly is it's origin? So I went Google searching and found several interesting articles about the letter "X". Here are a few things you might like to know.



You can read the whole article here.

English adopted the letter X from Greek and Etruscan roots. You’ll most often find an X at the start of words with Greek origin. You’ll find the letter X used in other languages too, but mostly preceded by a vowel rather than starting a word.

You can read this article here.

Since its inception, the letter “X” has struggled to establish its own identity, so it may be no coincidence that /x/ is commonly used to represent the unknown in both language and mathematics. “X” is derived from the Phoenician letter samekh, meaning “fish.” Originally used by the Phoenicians to represent the /s/ consonant (denoting a hard “s” sound), the Greeks borrowed the samekh around 900 BC and named it “Chi.”

I also went to Photo Bucket and found some pictures of things that start with the letter "X".

X Ray


Xylophone


X Box


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