Activity for manassehkatzâ€
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| Comment | Post #281765 |
And in fact, it really does match the letter "A" - cat vs. cape, etc. - the sound changes depending on other letters in the word. Hebrew does it differently, but the point is that Aleph or A - each has multiple vowel sounds and no real sound of its own. (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281765 |
Just a comment, because I am no linguistics expert. But I know some Hebrew. Aleph is a letter with no real sound of it's own - effectively it is *only* a vowel, the catch is that which vowel it becomes is not written down. Or rather, not written down in the Torah or other sacred texts on parchment. I... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280305 |
Fascinating question. See https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34013/why-is-the-unit-of-measure-placed-before-the-value-for-currencies-are-there-oth for some discussion. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279179 |
Which goes back to @ArtOfCode 's idea of getting the fonts (i.e., telling the browser to load them) ourselves. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279179 |
In addition, the days of "support Windows and Mac and ignore the rest" are gone. 3 significant other systems to support are Android, iOs and Chromebooks. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277108 |
Similar, though not identical, are acronyms used as part of conversation - like: "IANAL, but...." Typically only in written text, but more and more turned into speech too.
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— | over 3 years ago |