Showing posts with label tower of babel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tower of babel. Show all posts

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Tower of Babel with us

Why is the letter b in German specialized as in -
der Fuß (meaning, foot)
Why? Is this to emphasize intensity of sound and stress?

My friend, Amekico, replied and said -

It is no "b" but an own letter - compare B and ß.
ß, known as "Eszett" or "scharfes S", is pronounced like an unvoiced "s".

He sent me a link and I thought it was a broken record.
Funny, how people make language so difficult.


Somehow, I think man is being punished – as in the Tower of Babel story.