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I'll take this cum cranulo salis.

• thaumasiotes 9y ago
  You think "cum granulo salis" is evidence for G being an original part of the Latin alphabet, while not being evidence that U was an original part of the Latin alphabet?
  • cronjobber 9y ago
    Sure, G wasn't "originally" part of the Latin alphabet—until they invented that letter.
    • thaumasiotes 9y ago
      What do you think makes G different from J and U in that regard?
      • cronjobber 9y ago
        Timing. Where do you think G slots in the timeline, relative to the Latin classics?
        • thaumasiotes 9y ago
          G dates to the classical period. But, as I pointed out above, it's still intrusive enough then that Caesar's praenomen, Gaius, is written C, not G. The name is older than the letter, but younger than Latin writing.