Talk:Chi (letter)

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Any reason this is at Chi (Greek letter) rather than Chi (letter) (which is just a redirect to here), unlike every other Greek letter? Assuming no objections, I'd like to move it for consistency's sake. -- DrBob 18:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

  • None I can see. Support move. Septentrionalis 22:31, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

This article has been renamed after the result of a move request. Dragons flight 04:49, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation - something is wrong here

Now what is the correct consonantal sound? --Abdull 17:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe there's variation in German, and perhaps also in Greek, between [x] and [χ], depending on dialect. --Ptcamn 17:48, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usage

isn't X (Chi) used in XoXoXo (-> Kiss Kiss Kiss) ? (not a rhetorical question, I'm French) -- 10:00, 30 June 2006 (UTC+2) It's not really the point... Wikisquared 10:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, kissing the sign of the Cross when swearing an oath, or 'signing' your name if you can't write. Now thought to be an ex. Worthwhile adding. kwami (talk) 10:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] origin

removed:

It was introduced as a variant of Phoenician 𐤎 (samekh).

No source, and the writer may have gotten confused with the use of either Ξ or Χ for /ks/ in different Greek dialects. (I have heard the idea that both qoppa and phi derived from Ph. /q/, when Archaic Greek /kʷʰ/ split into /kʷʰ/ and pʰ, but not this.) kwami (talk) 09:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)