The Z ended up at the end because when the Latins adopted the Greek alphabet (via the Etruscans), they had no z-sound and so left out the zeta. But later when they encountered Greek learning, they borrowed the zeta and put it at the end of their alphabet.
(Yesterday on another comic site someone called me a pedant. I LOVE YOU GUYS! You’re my kind of people.)
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
Besides, it’s called zeta!
cabalonrye about 10 years ago
Occidental or ionan alphabet? alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta.
So Zack is wrong.
EJ Burke about 10 years ago
Unless you include the even older ‘digamma’ or ‘wau’ at 6.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago
Agreed Tanja.
Piksea Premium Member about 10 years ago
Zeta is the 6th letter in the Greek alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, ZETA, eta, theta….
pschearer Premium Member about 10 years ago
The Z ended up at the end because when the Latins adopted the Greek alphabet (via the Etruscans), they had no z-sound and so left out the zeta. But later when they encountered Greek learning, they borrowed the zeta and put it at the end of their alphabet.
(Yesterday on another comic site someone called me a pedant. I LOVE YOU GUYS! You’re my kind of people.)