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Unicode halfwidth and fullwidth
Presently the article table lists only one Unicode representation each of the letters 'a' and 'A'. Actually, in Unicode there is more than one representation of lower-case 'a', and likewise more than one representation of upper-case 'A'. There are for example the Halfwidth and fullwidth forms from CJK languages.
- U+FF21 A vs U+0041 A
- U+FF41 a vs U+0061 a
Compare:
- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
See also Latin script in Unicode.
There is of course also the Greek upper-case Α (U+0391), however this is typically regarded as a distinct letter despite looking identical to A.
--Nanite (talk) 14:12, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 07 July 2017
"In one study, on average, about 3.68% of letters used in English texts tend to be ⟨a⟩, while the number is 6.22% in Spanish and 3.95% in French.[8]" That is not what the linked table says at all. The linked table gives the frequency of a letter in a sample of words, not the number of times a letter arises overall. You can't just take the percentages (which are not actually percentages) given and divide them by 10 as was done here. Frankly, I would not consider the quoted source to be reliable, as it is a chart that has no source or explanation of how the data was derived. Even though the chart is labeled "Percentages of Letter Frequencies per 1000 Words" The numbers given are not percentages, they are letter frequencies per 100 words (yes 100, not 1000 as titled in the source. I assume the 1000 refers to the sample size used to come up with these numbers, but again the source has no explanation of methodology). i.e. it says that, on average, in a sample of 100 words the letter A will appear 36.8 times. (Note that this does not mean 36.8% of words contain the letter A, as some words will contain a letter multiple times and each instance of the letter is counted here.) If the source is considered appropriate then at the very least the sentence in question should be rewritten to accurately reflect what the source says. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.103.193.93 (talk) 00:46, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
Can't find out what is what
In the history heading's table, the last two rows don't make any sense (Mohamed Naufan (talk) 07:28, 10 December 2017 (UTC))
aes
‘aes’ is the plural of the name of the letter. For that statement to be possible, the letter should be written "ae". --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:27, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
I think you should name it "Complaint" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.123.71 (talk) 06:28, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2021
Please change the line in the infobox to not include |typedesc=ic and [[Logographic]]. I don't think there is any logographic use of the letter A, nor is it being descended from a logograph reason enough to deem it such. Barfyman (talk) 11:09, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 14 April 2021
A 69.63.114.65 (talk) 18:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:24, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2021
i edit?????? Halesbarer (talk) 16:44, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:47, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
"First letter of the alphabet" listed at Redirects for discussion
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