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  Gothic alphabet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Two letters are used in its transliteration that English speakers may be unfamiliar with: þ (thorn) and ƕ (hwair).
The letter hwair was invented solely to be able to translate the Gothic alphabet on a one-to-one basis.
The letter names are recorded in a 9th century manuscript of Alcuin.
www.encyclopedia-1.com /g/go/gothic_alphabet.html   (222 words)

  
 Gothic alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two non-English letters are used in its transliteration: þ (þiuþ, thorn) and ƕ (hwair).
The þ is used to write Old English and Icelandic.
As with the Greek alphabet, there were no numbers; letters served dual purposes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gothic_alphabet   (334 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
{{titleǶ}} '''Hwair''' (lowercase {{Unicodeƕ}}, uppercase {{UnicodeǶ}}) is a letter from various medieval Latin alphabets, which is currently still used in the transcription of the Gothic alphabet.
It somewhat resembles a Hv ligature (typography) ligature, and was mainly designed to transcribe the Gothic letter of the same name.
Is lezh truly the same as hwair (or the IPA lezh the pronunciation of hwair)?
www.mauspfeil.net /Hwair.html   (240 words)

  
 Hwair Definition / Hwair Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Hwair (lowercase ƕ, uppercase Ƕ) is a letter from various medieval The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three 'ages': the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance.
The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire (5th century) until the rise of national monarchies, of European overseas exploration, the discovery and diffusion of printing, and the humanist revival of the Renaissance in the 15th century i...
hwair is a h+w ligature used only in Gothic.
www.elresearch.com /Hwair   (172 words)

  
 Planet Ark
HWAIR, Iraq - Water is reflooding parts of the Iraqi wetlands drained by Saddam Hussein to deny refuge to Shi'ite rebels, but the communities displaced by war and oppression may never recreate their ravaged way of life.
Ole Jepsen, an adviser in Iraq's Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in the south, said 30 to 40 percent of the marshes had been reflooded since U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam a year ago.
In a hamlet near Hwair, 70 km (44 miles) northwest of Basra, returned refugees were making reed mats, but said much of their former livelihood was gone and they no longer felt bound by traditions that had survived for centuries.
www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=24731   (727 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Two non-English language English letters are used in its transliteration: ''þ'' (þiuþ, Thorn (letter) thorn) and {{unicode''ƕ''}} (hwair).
The þ is used to write Old English and Icelandic language Icelandic.
The letter hwair is transcribed by {{unicodeƕ}}, a ''h+v'' ligature (typography) ligature created for this purpose, and used only to transcribe Gothic.
www.mauspfeil.net /Gothic_alphabet.html   (660 words)

  
 Supakoo + Eli
Whereas Gothic 1 seems to be designed to very closely represent the letterforms of the extant Gothic manuscripts, Gotisch has been designed for readibility.
The keyboard map is pretty straightforward phonetic, except that Thiuth is on “v,” Iggws is on “c,” Hwair is on “x,” and the “wh” digraph is on “#.” And the numeral 900 is on “!.” That is, I've followed the layout of gothic1.ttf exactly.
The author asserts his moral right not be ripped off.
www.supakoo.com /eli?p=Fonts   (239 words)

  
 Image:Hwair.png - KutjaraWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Capital and small hwair, in the Doulos SIL font
Vlad (1839 bytes) (Capital and small hwair, in the Doulos SIL font)
This page was last modified 04:27, 30 Jan 2005.
www.kutjara.com /wiki/index.php?title=Image:Hwair.png   (70 words)

  
 THA GÓSPAL AKÁURDING TU SAENT MÁATTHYU (in Augméntad Fanétik)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Tha peekyúelyar pùngkchuewáeshan in this Góspal iz thaat uv the aríjinal, in hwich tha kóelan iz yuezd moest áufan hwair we wood instéd yuez tha sémeekòelan.
Aand thair or no kwoetáeshan morks to maek plaen hwair súmwun éls'az egzáakt werdz or béeying yuezd, aaz agénst hwair Máatthyu himsélf iz spéeking.
2:4 Aand hwen he haad gáatherd aul tha cheef preests aand skriebz uv tha péepool toogéther, he deemáandad uv them hwair Kriest shood be baurn.
members.aol.com /fanetiks/Matthew.html   (16636 words)

  
 TechIMO Forums - English Revised
November 20th, 2002 09:01 PM surreal, if you're pronouncing "where" as "hwair", you had an English teacher who didn't know what he/she was talking about; the "h" is silent, not breathed.
November 20th, 2002 09:39 PM Theophylact, you know as I was typing that I was wondering just what influcence geographical location might have to do with it too.
November 20th, 2002 09:50 PM I say pronounce them as they're spelled, and be done with it.
www.techimo.com /forum/printthread.php?s=9ce6f4bffef8300b1bd4fd784d189d33&t=42037   (1015 words)

  
 LEAVES OF GRASS in Eéze Réeder format (Part I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
I haav seen hwair tha shée-berd tha mókingberd saat on her nest in tha bríeyerz haaching her brued.
Laandz hwair tha náurtthwest Kalúmbeeya wiendz, aand hwair tha sóutthwest Kolaródo wiendz!
I wítnas tha kaurps witth its dáaboold hair, I noet hwair tha pístal haaz fáulan.
members.aol.com /fanetiks/leaves1.html   (13893 words)

  
 Homosexuals of High IQ Newsletter, May 1978
Naturally I did feel some guilts and shame, but I understood them to be products of being surrounded and consequently both conditioned and intimidated bi nonhomosexuals.
At 19 I muevd tu Nu Yaurk, hwair I nu I kood fiend hoemoesekshueclz in cbundcns — cvailcbool cbundcns.
Beesiedz, it iz best tu leed wunself if wun wonts tu be shuer tu end up hwair he wonts tu be.
members.aol.com /MrGayPride/H2-7805.html   (12275 words)

  
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CHARACTER NAME for U+0195 msgid "LATIN SMALL LETTER HV (hwair)" msgstr "" #.
CHARACTER NAME for U+01F5 msgid "LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH ACUTE" msgstr "" #.
CHARACTER NAME for U+01F6 msgid "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER HWAIR" msgstr "" #.
www.iro.umontreal.ca /translation/domains/POT/unicode-translation-0.0.1.pot   (24477 words)

  
 2004-05-14 Swhack IRC Log   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
In ancient Babylonia, Tazo was a rejuvenating elixir thought to have magical properties.'
00:50:10 oh, someone remind me to ask John/Jon what the best place to post to about characters that have gone missing from English is. the "thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ezh, hwair, eszed, minuscule i, long s" list we were working on
10:02:19 ah: 2004-05-14 00:50:10 oh, someone remind me to ask John/Jon what the best place to post to about characters that have gone missing from English is. the "thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ezh, hwair, eszed, minuscule i, long s" list we were working on
swhack.com /logs/2004-05-14.html   (9890 words)

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