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  2. Faux Cyrillic - Wikipedia

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    Faux Cyrillic, pseudo-Cyrillic, pseudo-Russian [1] or faux Russian typography is the use of Cyrillic letters in Latin text, usually to evoke the Soviet Union or Russia, though it may be used in other contexts as well. It is a common Western trope used in book covers, film titles, comic book lettering, artwork for computer games, or product ...

  3. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as ...

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.

  5. List of symbols - Wikipedia

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    Hazard symbols; List of mathematical constants (typically letters and compound symbols) Glossary of mathematical symbols; List of physical constants (typically letters and compound symbols) List of common physics notations (typically letters used as variable names in equations) Rod of Asclepius / Caduceus as a symbol of medicine

  6. Ø - Wikipedia

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    Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sámi languages. It is mostly used as to represent the mid front rounded vowels, such as [ ø] ⓘ and [ œ] ⓘ, except for Southern Sámi where it is used as an [oe] diphthong . The name of this letter is the same as the sound it represents (see usage ).

  7. Pronunciation of place names - Iceland Forum - Tripadvisor

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    If you study the pronounciation link you'll be well versed in Icelandic when you come here and will be able to pronounce all placenames you want. And it's Heimaey in the Westman Islands... heima = home and ey = island, i.e. Home Island. Best of luck and have a great visit, Lara. 3. Re: Pronunciation of place names.

  8. Fortnight - Wikipedia

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    Fortnight. A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks ). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertīene niht, meaning " fourteen nights " (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights). [1] [2]

  9. Pronunciation of street and district names - New Orleans Forum

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    Don't say "NAW-linz." The only people who say "NAW-linz" are CNN news anchors and local TV news personality, Frank Davis. It's an exaggerated pronunciation. Locals DON'T stress the final syllable ("noo-or-LEENZ"). Exceptions to the rule: Say "or-LEENZ" when referring to Orleans STREET or Orleans PARISH. It's also "or-LEENZ" in some songs ...