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Old 03-04-2006, 06:39 AM   #499
Anguirel
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Nah, not Maths, Greek...

Digamma is the reason lots of really really ancient Minoan Greek words end in inthos. I forget exactly how or why. It's pronounced something like a w.

Now I'm crawling back into the linguistic waste whence I came. But I hope my yogh contribution is of some help to a sharper aftercomer...
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