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Edgar Krentz ekrentz at lstc.edu
Thu Feb 11 04:55:32 EST 1999


>In a message dated 2/10/99 6:26:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net writes:
>
><< Dan Oglesby wrote;
> >
> >I was kinda wondering...
> >
> >Does the letter W have any numerical value in any of the
> >languages?
> > >>
>
>I have a Greek Grammar by Goodwin & Gulick.  It says that vau or digamma was
>equivalent to w.  Which does happen to represent the number "6."  In fact,
>after I got to looking, they tell me how to count at least up to 100,000 using
>Greek characters for numerals.  I didn't think to look here before I asked at
>the first, but thanks for all your help anyway.
>
>William (Little Greek) Boyd
>Royal Palm Beach, Fl.

Please note that digamma in appearance looks like a capital F! It was
sounded like the English w. It ddid not in any way replace or equal an
omega.

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