Talk:A (letter)

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Table done - Ro Thorpe 11:42, 6 March 2008 (CST)

I'm pleased you've decided to internationalise these, Domergue - as I was never going to dare! But nitpicking is another matter...you say A is the first letter of most variants of the Latin alphabet: I think you should therefore say which variants do not have A as the 1st letter - or boldly change 'most' to 'all'. Ro Thorpe 17:23, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ro. There are variants of the Latin alphabet which don't begin with A. It is at least the case in Somali and in Arapaho.--Domergue Sumien 18:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, that's very interesting: merits a footnote, no? Ro Thorpe 18:23, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

As you like. It's also the case in chamorro. I bet we could find many other examples.--Domergue Sumien 18:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC)