A list of 17 words by colleen.
- tittlewas added by colleen and appears on 59 lists
- h�ekwas added by colleen and appears on 2 lists
- tremawas added by colleen and appears on 15 lists
- umlautwas added by colleen and appears on 69 lists
- tildewas added by colleen and appears on 30 lists
- ringwas added by colleen and appears on 69 lists
- ogonekwas added by colleen and appears on 17 lists
- hornwas added by colleen and appears on 41 lists
- hookwas added by colleen and appears on 59 lists
- dotwas added by colleen and appears on 42 lists
- diaeresiswas added by colleen and appears on 27 lists
- macronwas added by colleen and appears on 24 lists
- circumflexwas added by colleen and appears on 45 lists
- brevewas added by colleen and appears on 27 lists
- caronwas added by colleen and appears on 11 lists
- accentwas added by colleen and appears on 48 lists
- cedillawas added by colleen and appears on 27 lists
Prolagus commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
hahaha fantastic list name!
April 11, 2008
colleen commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
thank you, Prolagus! a memory from when I was (badly) learning Slovak... :)
April 11, 2008
mollusque commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Ooh, I wish I'd thought of making this list! How about hacek? And what's the technical name of that little biscuit thingie over the Å in Ångström?
April 11, 2008
colleen commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
wiki tells me that hacek = caron! *adds*
April 11, 2008
bilby commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
How about tittle?
April 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
"biscuit thingie???" biscuit???? WTF???
April 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
moll, that thing is called cheerio.
April 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Neat list, colleen! How about dasia and psili--would they count?
Sionnach, perhaps you need a cup of tea? :-)
April 11, 2008
colleen commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
a cheerio? really? O.o
April 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
I have evidence.
April 11, 2008
colleen commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
HAH. you had me going for a minute. I need more coffee, clearly.
April 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Oh, piet-my-vrou, r_t and fix me my long island reesetee!
April 11, 2008
bilby commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
About time you lodged your crumb-scuttling preferences here .
April 11, 2008
frindley commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Please, what is the proper name for the ø in Mørk?
And I second mollusque's question about the å. A Finnish colleague calls it "the Swedish a", but I'm sure it must have a proper name.
April 11, 2008
bilby commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
C'mon, it's not the Swedish 'a', it's the symbol of the mighty Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
April 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
The name of the ø is "ø" (no kidding, see Wikipedia). I can't find the name of the "å", that in Finland is really called as your colleague says.
April 11, 2008
sarra commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
over the å is just a ring, uninventively. In Czech it's a kroužek (where the acute accent is a �?árka).
April 11, 2008
mollusque commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Biscuit was supposed to be a hint. I had a vague memory that the word meant "biscuit", but couldn't recall it. But I finally found it here--the ring over the A in Å is a bolle, which means "bowl" or "bun" in Swedish.
The same site says the slash through the o in ø is a streg, which means "line" in Danish.
April 13, 2008
frindley commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Thank you mollusque! In my line of work where we get more than a few European names, it's really helpful to be able to label these special letters and symbols. (As in, "Don't forget to put the bolle in Håkan Hardenberger and the hacek in Dvořák.") Those two had been bothering me.
April 13, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
One of the things I like, in Wordie, is finding out random details of the users' lives. For example: what do you think is my work? (prosopobibliozetema* is not allowed)
(*facebook search)
April 13, 2008
frindley commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Hmm. Dredges memory. Something to do with spines at one point. The context suggested skeletons, so I thought perhaps not a bookbinder.
April 13, 2008
rolig commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
In Slovene, the ha�?ek is called strešica ("little roof").
April 13, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
What about the rough (daseîa or δασεῖα) and smooth (psilé or ψιλή) breathings in ancient Greek?
And, again in ancient Greek, the iota subscript (hypogegramménē or ὑπογεγ�?αμμένη)?
favorited!
April 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the list a-little-carrot-over-the-a
Prolagus, I mentioned those below (dasia and psili)--but different (Anglicized) spellings. :-)
April 14, 2008