England Handwriting: Difference between revisions

Since around the 9th century, English has been written in the [[Latin alphabet]], which replaced Anglo-Saxon runes. The spelling system, or {{wpd|orthography}}, is multilayered, with elements of French, Latin and Greek spelling on top of the native Germanic system; it has grown to vary significantly from the {{wpd|phonology}} of the language. The spelling of words often diverges considerably from how they are spoken.

[[File:Evolution of minuscule.png|thumb|none|640px|Simplified relationship between various scripts]]

Some English words retain diacritics to distinguish them from others, such as resumé, exposé, lamé, öre, pâté, piqué, and ''rosé'', though these are sometimes also dropped (for example, melée/melee and ''résumé/{{Typo|res|umé}}''<!-- Please do not change this to "résumé/résumé", as using only one diacritical mark is acceptable, which is what this is illustrating. -->, is often spelt ''resume'' in the United States (as the US equivalent of ''curriculum vitae''). To clarify pronunciation, a small number of loanwords may employ a diacritic that does not appear in the original word, such as ''maté'', from Spanish ''yerba mate'', or ''Malé'', the capital of the [[Maldives]], following the French usage.

==Case comparison==

Here is a comparison of the upper case ({{wpd|majuscule}}) and lower case ({{wpd|minuscule}}) versions of each letter used in the English language. The exact representation will vary according to the {{wpd|font}} used.

|'''Lower Case:'''||a||b||c||d||e||f||g||h||i||j||k||l||m||n||o||p||q||r||s||t||u||v||w||x||y||z

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== References ==

{{Place|England}}