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SVI . Ie.g. in See also:fault which earlier was spelt without 1 (as in See also:French whence it was borrowed), and which See also:Goldsmith could still See also:rhyme with aught . In the 15th See also:century the Scottish See also:dialect of See also:English dropped 1 largely both before consonants and finally after a and it, a' = all, fa' = fall, pu' = pull, 'oo' = See also:wool, bulk pronounced like See also:book, &c., while after o it appears as w, See also:row (pronounced See also:rau) _ See also:roll, know=knoll, &c . It is to be observed that L= 50 does not come from this See also:symbol, but was an See also:adaptation of 4/, the western See also:Greek See also:form of x, which had no corresponding See also:sound in Latin and was therefore not included in the See also:ordinary See also:alphabet . This symbol was first rounded into ,J, and then changed first to 1 and ultimately to L . (P . |
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