The letter 'S' (or 's') is the 19th letter of the English alphabet, following 'R' and preceding 'T'. It's known as "ess" and plays a vital role in forming plurals and possessives in English, appearing after the 18th letter (R) and before the 20th (T).
The British Alphabet Phonetics, also known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, provide a standardised and universally recognized method for representing each letter of the alphabet. Where clarity and precision are essential, these phonetics serve as linguistic anchors.
The long s that you observe in older English documents is the equivalent of the medial sigma, that is, it is the form of the letter s that appears in the middle of words unless certain conditions are met. The long s was used for a very long time, and can be seen in many ancient manuscripts.
z or s? In British English, s is generally used in such words as recognise, authorise. The letter z is used in American English in such words as recognize or authorize.
The full Tamil alphabet has 247 characters: 12 vowels (Uyir Ezhuthukkal) (nickname – soul letters), 18 consonants (Mei Ezhuthukkal) (nickname- body letters), 216 compound letters (Uyirmei Ezhuthukkal), and a special character called Aayutha Ezhuthu (ஃ).
It wasn't; it was just written differently according to its position in the word. The f-like s (like an f without the crossbar) was a tall variant used at the start or in the middle of a word, which the modern s was used at the end or after a tall s.
The Rotokas alphabet has just 12 letters and is the shortest in the world. Rotokas is spoken by a few thousand people in New Guinea but is said to be one of the easiest languages to learn.
The commonly used symbol called the 27th letter of the English alphabet is the ampersand (&), which represents the word "and" and originated from the Latin letters "e" and "t" combined (et). Children historically recited the alphabet as "X, Y, Z, and per se and," which slurred into "ampersand," and it was taught as the final letter before it was dropped from standard inclusion.
Most of Einstein's writings were composed in Latin cursive, including the letter auctioned off recently. But his earliest correspondence was written in the old German script; he used it almost exclusively until he was in his mid 20s.
