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Please see the discussion at Talk:Sahoyúé-§ehdacho, the talk page of an article linked from the main page. Personally, I've seen the glottal stop represented as its specific symbol ʔ and, due to the visual resemblance, as a question mark ? or as the number seven 7, but I don't think I've ever seen it represented as a paragraph symbol §. Could you elaborate? -- Theurgist ( talk) 15:33, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Edit: Actually, it does seem to be sometimes represented as §, looking at the sources cited. -- Theurgist ( talk) 15:45, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Does this occur in all churches, or does this only occur in churches where there is no sharp divide between the clergy and laity? 140.254.229.115 ( talk) 15:59, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
How do you say "Head office of Rossiya" with Rossiya being the airline? I want to add it to File:SPB Newski house 61.jpg.
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 18:23, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi! I hope you'll be able to shed some light concerning the definition of a word that I've been trying desperately to find, but have been unable to, so far. I hope you'll have better luck that I have. My search is regarding the show, "Sleepy Hollow" on FOX-TV. In several of the 7 episodes that have aired so far they show the headstone of Ichabod Crane's deceased wife. On this headstone is the phrase; "Here lies the DUFT of Katrina Crane....". I've searched on more sites I can count to learn the definition of the word, DUFT, but no one knows what it means!!! I even searched on sites that have goofy epitaphs; on sites of old cemeteries, etc. but I still don't know what DUFT means!! As you probably know "Sleepy Hollow" is set during the late 1700s, so I guess if you have access to word usage 250 years ago you might be able to solve this mystery. I wish you LOTS of good luck in your search! Gratefully, Nuts4Mutts Nuts4Mutts ( talk) 21:22, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
"The long, medial or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example "ſinfulneſs" ("sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.
Sometimes, when my Navman GPS becomes aware of a traffic jam ahead, it makes the above announcement. What's a "traffic commit"? It's possible I'm mishearing it. What could it be? HiLo48 ( talk) 23:29, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
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Please see the discussion at Talk:Sahoyúé-§ehdacho, the talk page of an article linked from the main page. Personally, I've seen the glottal stop represented as its specific symbol ʔ and, due to the visual resemblance, as a question mark ? or as the number seven 7, but I don't think I've ever seen it represented as a paragraph symbol §. Could you elaborate? -- Theurgist ( talk) 15:33, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Edit: Actually, it does seem to be sometimes represented as §, looking at the sources cited. -- Theurgist ( talk) 15:45, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Does this occur in all churches, or does this only occur in churches where there is no sharp divide between the clergy and laity? 140.254.229.115 ( talk) 15:59, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
How do you say "Head office of Rossiya" with Rossiya being the airline? I want to add it to File:SPB Newski house 61.jpg.
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 18:23, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi! I hope you'll be able to shed some light concerning the definition of a word that I've been trying desperately to find, but have been unable to, so far. I hope you'll have better luck that I have. My search is regarding the show, "Sleepy Hollow" on FOX-TV. In several of the 7 episodes that have aired so far they show the headstone of Ichabod Crane's deceased wife. On this headstone is the phrase; "Here lies the DUFT of Katrina Crane....". I've searched on more sites I can count to learn the definition of the word, DUFT, but no one knows what it means!!! I even searched on sites that have goofy epitaphs; on sites of old cemeteries, etc. but I still don't know what DUFT means!! As you probably know "Sleepy Hollow" is set during the late 1700s, so I guess if you have access to word usage 250 years ago you might be able to solve this mystery. I wish you LOTS of good luck in your search! Gratefully, Nuts4Mutts Nuts4Mutts ( talk) 21:22, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
"The long, medial or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example "ſinfulneſs" ("sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.
Sometimes, when my Navman GPS becomes aware of a traffic jam ahead, it makes the above announcement. What's a "traffic commit"? It's possible I'm mishearing it. What could it be? HiLo48 ( talk) 23:29, 14 November 2013 (UTC)