Talk:Claudian letters

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it would make more sense to present the letters without serifs. dab (ᛏ) 17:16, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Not sure why it wold make more sense. Surely Roman inscriptions at the Claudian period normally had serifs? --rossb 20:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I just removed this:

His first innovation, however, would not catch on for about 600 years, when W was derived from a ligature of two Vs.

I can't find anything at W to suggest that it had anything to do with the Claudian letters, or see any apparent connection... Am I missing something that is not clear? ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 22:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the 'innovation' was meant to be 'the use of a separate letter for consonantal V than vocalic V', not the use of any particular letter shape to do so. —Muke Tever talk 22:55, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

none of his innovations 'caught on'; no letter for /ps/ or /ɪ/ [except for Eihwaz?] were ever introduced, and Ƿ, w < uu was an independent Germanic idea. dab (ᛏ) 12:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)