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  2. S - Wikipedia

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    In some words of French origin, s is silent, as in 'isle' or 'debris'. The letter s is the seventh most common letter in English and the third-most common consonant after t and n . [7] It is the most common letter for the first letter of a word in the English language. [8] [9]

  3. Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

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    – the character sꜣ as used in the word sꜣw, "keep, watch" [clarification needed] As in the Arabic script, not all vowels were written in Egyptian hieroglyphs; it is debatable whether vowels were written at all. Possibly, as with Arabic, the semivowels /w/ and /j/ (as in English W and Y) could double as the vowels /u/ and /i/.

  4. The Letter People - Wikipedia

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    Alpha One, also known as Alpha One: Breaking the Code, was a first and second grade program introduced in 1968, and revised in 1974, [8] that was designed to teach children to read and write sentences containing words containing three syllables in length and to develop within the child a sense of his own success and fun in learning to read by using the Letter People characters. [9]

  5. List of painters by name beginning with "S" - Wikipedia

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    Please add names of notable painters with a Wikipedia page, in precise English alphabetical order, using U.S. spelling conventions. Country and regional names refer to where painters worked for long periods, not to personal allegiances.

  6. List of portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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    Bananagrams, from bananas and anagrams; mockumentary, from mock and documentary [2]; newscast, from news and broadcast [5]; nonebrity, from nonentity and celebrity [6]; reprography, from reproduce and photography [2]

  7. Rebus - Wikipedia

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    A rebus (/ ˈ r iː b ə s / REE-bəss) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n".

  8. List of acronyms: S - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter S. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars

  9. English alphabet - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters English alphabet An English-language pangram written with the FF Dax Regular typeface Script type Alphabet Time period c. 16th century – present Languages English Related scripts Parent systems (Proto-writing) Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto ...