http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Comments for the list 'A little carrot over the 'a'' http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Prolagus, I mentioned those below (dasia and psili)--but different (Anglicized) spellings. :-) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:32:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments What about the rough (daseîa or δασεῖα) and smooth (psilé or ψιλή) breathings in ancient Greek?<br />And, again in ancient Greek, the iota subscript (hypogegramménē or ὑπογεγ�?αμμένη)?<br />Your list is on my favorite ones! Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:51:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments In Slovene, the ha�?ek is called [strešica] ("little roof"). Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:07:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Hmm. Dredges memory. Something to do with spines at one point. The context suggested skeletons, so I thought perhaps not a bookbinder. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:41:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments One of the things I like, in Wordie, is finding out random details of the users' lives. For example: what do you think is my work? (<a href="/words/prosopobibliozetema">prosopobibliozetema</a>* is not allowed) <br /> <br />(*facebook search) Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:42:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Thank you mollusque! In my line of work where we get more than a few European names, it's really helpful to be able to label these special letters and symbols. (As in, "Don't forget to put the bolle in Håkan Hardenberger and the hacek in Dvořák.") Those two had been bothering me. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:10:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Biscuit was supposed to be a hint. I had a vague memory that the word meant "biscuit", but couldn't recall it. But I finally found it here--the ring over the A in [Å] is a <a href="/words/bolle">bolle</a>, which means "bowl" or "bun" in Swedish.<br /><br />The same site says the slash through the o in [ø] is a <a href="/words/streg">streg</a>, which means "line" in Danish. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:53:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments over the å is just a <a href="/words/ring">ring</a>, uninventively. In Czech it's a [kroužek] (where the acute accent is a [�?árka]). Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:23:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments The name of the ø is "ø" (no kidding, see Wikipedia). I can't find the name of the "å", that in Finland is really called as your colleague says. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:12:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments C'mon, it's not the Swedish 'a', it's the symbol of the mighty Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Please, what is the proper name for the ø in Mørk?<br /><br />And I second mollusque's question about the å. A Finnish colleague calls it "the Swedish a", but I'm sure it must have a proper name. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:31:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments About time you lodged your crumb-scuttling preferences here . Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:07:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Oh, piet-my-vrou, r_t and fix me my <a href="/words/long island reesetee">long island reesetee</a>! Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:04:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments HAH. you had me going for a minute. I need more coffee, clearly. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:04:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments I have evidence. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:01:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments a cheerio? really? O.o Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:58:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Neat list, colleen! How about <a href="/words/dasia">dasia</a> and <a href="/words/psili">psili</a>--would they count? <br /> <br />Sionnach, perhaps you need a cup of tea? :-) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:57:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments moll, that thing is called <a href="/words/cheerio">cheerio</a>. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:54:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments "biscuit thingie???" biscuit???? WTF??? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:47:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments How about <a href="/words/tittle">tittle</a>? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:43:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments wiki tells me that <a href="/words/hacek">hacek</a> = <a href="/words/caron">caron</a>! *adds* Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:35:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments Ooh, I wish I'd thought of making this list! How about <a href="/words/hacek">hacek</a>? And what's the technical name of that little biscuit thingie over the [Å] in Ångström? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:24:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments thank you, Prolagus! a memory from when I was (badly) learning Slovak... :) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:14:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments hahaha fantastic list name! Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:36:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-little-carrot-over-the-a#comments