From: WmHBoyd@aol.com
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 21:45:22 EST
In a message dated 2/10/99 6:26:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net writes:
<< Dan Oglesby wrote;
>
>I was kinda wondering...
>
>Does the letter W have any numerical value in any of the
>languages?
> >>
I have a Greek Grammar by Goodwin & Gulick. It says that vau or digamma was
equivalent to w. Which does happen to represent the number "6." In fact,
after I got to looking, they tell me how to count at least up to 100,000 using
Greek characters for numerals. I didn't think to look here before I asked at
the first, but thanks for all your help anyway.
William (Little Greek) Boyd
Royal Palm Beach, Fl.
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