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Re: No W
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 17 May 1999 20:05:43 GMT
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I believe it is the case that several European languages don't have the
letter 'W'. I know it isn't in the Spanish language.

Rob

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In article <374048FA.4774BE47@appstate.edu>, Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu>
wrote:


> I was looking through the 226 Idea Book from 1982 the other day and
> noticed something odd.  There is a page which suggests making letters
> and numbers from Lego bricks.  On two different examples the "W" is left
> out.  Possible explanations:
> 
> There is no "W" in the Danish alphabet.
> The "W" is too wide to model in Lego.
> The "W" was the first letter to disappear from the minifig alphabet.
> Subsequent generations dropped more and more letters, causing the
> keyboard of today to have so few letters.
> 
> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu



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(...) How odd. How do Spanish people play "punch bug?" "Hey look, there's another Five." -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) (27 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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I was looking through the 226 Idea Book from 1982 the other day and noticed something odd. There is a page which suggests making letters and numbers from Lego bricks. On two different examples the "W" is left out. Possible explanations: There is no (...) (27 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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