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Jim Keenan · 05-23-2003, 09:31 PM

Go to this forum to look at the old German alphabet. Notice the "missing" letters. No one needed to tell anyone to "skip" the J; it wasn't there.

http://www.mun.ca/rels/morav/pics/tutor/mscript2.html

There is a further explanation at this location:

http://members.cox.net/leshopper/exprgesc.pdf

Note the paragraph about the alphabet reforms in the 1930's under Hitler, when J was officially made part of the alphabet just in time to be used on some late Lugers and P.38's. Now does anyone want to ask why they "skipped" the Y also? Or why the English alphabet "skips" Cyrillic letters?

Jim

05-23-2003, 09:31 PM	#12
Jim Keenan User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Go to this forum to look at the old German alphabet. Notice the "missing" letters. No one needed to tell anyone to "skip" the J; it wasn't there. http://www.mun.ca/rels/morav/pics/tutor/mscript2.html There is a further explanation at this location: http://members.cox.net/leshopper/exprgesc.pdf Note the paragraph about the alphabet reforms in the 1930's under Hitler, when J was officially made part of the alphabet just in time to be used on some late Lugers and P.38's. Now does anyone want to ask why they "skipped" the Y also? Or why the English alphabet "skips" Cyrillic letters? Jim