W For Mystery? (Yes, You Read That Right... It Is Not a Typo)

Hi thesids Who, What, When, Where, Why. Are the 5 business beginnings during an interview. My understanding is that W was derived from the 2 V's. That's all I know to be honest about anything related to a W. I am fluent in both English and Spanish. I am also good about Silence, lol Here are the additional letters in the Spanish language which makes for the additional 2 in our alphabet: Ñ & ll I am assuming we use the extra two letters because using the N or L does not emphasize the pronunciation when utilizing them. The Ñ sounds like EÑIE stressing the N. The LL sounds like double elle, meaning double L. Outside of this my friend I am not aware of reasoning why we use our language outside of saying that those of us who use it, understand it and use it well, with it's intense and purpose.

Veni vidi vici All start with letter V ...and Vandi too..

http://www.takeourword.com/Issue093.html Yes thesids. It is true. My mother tongue is Tamil and many of these questioning words meaning "why?,what,where,how' start with variations of the same alphabet[we have short and long sounds like how you have in Hindi kaise,kesar].Only today this similarity struck me. The beauty of languages! But I feel that you may have to look at the sound[pronunciation] and not just go by spelling. it is the sound that makes the interrogation here. And that vertical transposition may be just a coincidence. Another thing that I felt was that since many Indo-European languages do have some distant similarities and derivations from each other such cases may also be found in some other words. E.G. English father mother Ancient Greek pateras meter Latin pater mater French père mère Italian padre madre Romanian tata mama Irish athir mathir Welsh tad mam Gothic atta or fadar aithei Old Norse fathir mothir Danish fader moder Old English fæder modor Dutch vader moeder Old High German fater muotar Sanskrit pitar matar Avestan (ancient Persian) pitar matar "http://www.takeourword.com/Issue093.html" This is a different case altogether but I have given the link to elucidate my statement and how these words are similar. Now, regarding your question also I feel that if we go deep into the subject we would find that these words starting with a similar alphabet[producing the sound ] would have some technical base behind it .I tried GOogling for it but I am not able to pinpoint the exact thing ; I do not know many languages .I just know two. And in my language I do have this similarity. But I still feel it should be considered from the pronunciation and the vowel sound may have something to do with it.

Hello chhotu, Seems now I have to open up my linguistic kits. There is no other language save English that so flexible that you turn and twist and get new meanings. Still for many people English is a difficult language. Like you I too speak Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi and a little bit of Bhjpuri. The letters which are very frequently used in English is also used equally in Assamese and Hind. In English "S" has the most number of spellings and "Z" has the least. This would be a good discussion if we post different part at different time.

dear sids Special treatment for a letter? I don't know any illness regarding with "letters" and i don't know any hospitals that treat an ill-letters too it's Thursday and i am d*mn crazy bear with your Di ...can't think better this time :(

Please don't look at the letter 'W' in isolation but look at the English language as such. English language is a mystery. Look at the way some words are pronounced. I could give you millions of examples. Bouquet has the t silent but not the word Banquet!See the verb pronounce and see the noun pronunciation - compare the spelling!

I think that it just worked out that way no rhymne or reason just a fluke.It is odd though now that you bring it up.I have really never given it much thought.I hope you have a nice day.

I have to admit I am a little lost as to your question. In Malayalam, I think it is either 'Aa' or 'E' (as in egg) that takes the place of the English 'W' (as per your post). But I don't know why it is so.

Hi Sids That is one deep question you ask here. I have never really given it much thought. I read through the other responses which were entertaining but honestly now I'm just confused and have no answers for you. I think Sunny could write an entire novel just using W words. geez.

Hello my brother, Now I understand what you are asking (sorry that day I was confused much, with everybody). In our language too the special letter is there, which is explained by SV already in her reply. The same specialty is there when asking some questions that particular letter is used in our language too… I don’t have any idea about the reason for this discrimination.

Hey Sid, Nice question! :O) A few words about X in English. I believe it comes from the Greek "chi." And I don't believe it clearly became the "kx" sound until relatively recently. I now live in a county called Bexar. It is, strangely enough, pronoucned "bear" (like the animal). At least, that's what people here will tell you. It took a little thinking, but I finally figured out what's going on. The name is Spanish. And, just as Mexico is pronouced "Meh-hhi-co" (The X is an h-sound given a gutteral extra bit of wind), Bexar is pronounced "be-hhar." When I was small and lived in Canada, I remember the teacher saying that the letter K was not used so much in French, but was more of an English letter. I believe that was K. The TH group is foreign to French. Just remember, Sid, that written language is typically secondary to spoken language. The letters are an attempt to capture an existing pool of sounds. Some sounds are used more often than others. For example, the vowels--as they represent the breath--are used a lot. In English, the letter E is the most often used letter in the alphabet. However, some sounds only occur every now and then. Also, the way in which they're written will depend on various things. For example, there may be a good number of nouns that end in K or C. Well, when they're made plural, they create the X sound. But English spelling rules require that they be written as KS or CS, so X's opportunity to occur is decimated! :O( Hahaha! Funny, Sid. I was just thinking of George Bernard Shaw's joke about English's ridiculously complex spelling rules (or lack thereof). This was about an hour before I read your post! He suggested fish could be spelled ghoti. Gh, as in enouGH. O, as in wOmen. Ti, as in naTIon. Language is a pretty funny thing, Sid. ;O) Sunshine & Blessings, Giovani

Hi mamu.. No idea but i think we will get the reason through this discussion. Have a nice day.

Hi thesids, I never thought at this. There is probably something in the W... I am amazed, because I speak a latin language and the two letters W and K are not used in latin languages, except for foreign words. So, the mystery is deeper now.

I have no idea at all. I never thought of it actually. My language....don't know if it has special alphabet either. I will have to think about it. What makes you think of these things? (I know a few jokes making fun of the English language, but you made it clear you don't want those....so I'll refrain )

I've learned a lot in this discussion. Good thought out answer thesids. I've nothing to contribute to this topic .. but you've given such good food for thoughts. And Kalav's answer , WOW! Deserves the best response for sure. That's the beauty of the lot where everybody has a chance to say something and we learn from it too.

Well. Actually I should be able to answer your question. But, I am not. In my degree, there was one paper 'History of English Literature', which was interesting one. It covers how the language developed, how the words coined alongwith gestures. (Our professor explained very interestingly. He knows 5 languages and he just explained how words reflect the mood or gesture.)

Hello siddartha you have made a research on these words. I know Hindi, English, Marwari and Punjabi. But I never try to find words as you done. But in punjabi many words have double meaning. Punjabi speaking people use Ch for S. They pronouce Chadak to Sadak.