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I'm not sure we should have an article on every letter of the alphabet when dictionaries cover just about everything you need to know. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 17:27, 20 November 2007 (CST) | I'm not sure we should have an article on every letter of the alphabet when dictionaries cover just about everything you need to know. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 17:27, 20 November 2007 (CST) | ||
:There needs to be more, about the history, and its use in other languages. And dictionaries don't describe the use of a letter, they list its | :There needs to be more, about the history, and its use in other languages. And dictionaries don't describe the use of a letter, they list its occurrences in initial position, and give definitions - [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 18:54, 20 November 2007 (CST) | ||
::What I am suggesting I guess is would an article on the [[alphabet]] be better? --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 19:31, 20 November 2007 (CST) | ::What I am suggesting I guess is would an article on the [[alphabet]] be better? --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 19:31, 20 November 2007 (CST) | ||
:::Yes, that's needed as well - [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 05:31, 21 November 2007 (CST) | |||
Probably not appropriate for this article, but I thought I'd mention I'm told by someone who speaks Burmese that the name is pronounced Myinmah. As a general rule a before 2 consonants is pronounced as i. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] ([[User talk:Peter Jackson|talk]]) 09:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC) | |||
:I haven't quite given up hope for Burma. I notice you spelt that with -ah. I wonder why they added the final R; just to lengthen the A, I suppose. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] ([[User talk:Ro Thorpe|talk]]) 21:56, 28 May 2016 (UTC) | |||
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I'm not sure we should have an article on every letter of the alphabet when dictionaries cover just about everything you need to know. --Robert W King 17:27, 20 November 2007 (CST)
- There needs to be more, about the history, and its use in other languages. And dictionaries don't describe the use of a letter, they list its occurrences in initial position, and give definitions - Ro Thorpe 18:54, 20 November 2007 (CST)
- What I am suggesting I guess is would an article on the alphabet be better? --Robert W King 19:31, 20 November 2007 (CST)
- Yes, that's needed as well - Ro Thorpe 05:31, 21 November 2007 (CST)
- What I am suggesting I guess is would an article on the alphabet be better? --Robert W King 19:31, 20 November 2007 (CST)
Probably not appropriate for this article, but I thought I'd mention I'm told by someone who speaks Burmese that the name is pronounced Myinmah. As a general rule a before 2 consonants is pronounced as i. Peter Jackson (talk) 09:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC)