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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Phonics and Phoenicians #184881 05/21/2009 10:07 PM Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2 Washington State USA CREHST stranger CREHST stranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2 Washington State USA Online Etymolgy Dictionary says phonics comes from the Greek "phone" meaning sound. Doe anyone have info on the source for the name Phoenicia? Am wondering if it might be related to the same root since the Phoenicians were involved in the early alphabets? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Phonics and Phoenicians CREHST 05/21/2009 10:07 PM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians Jackie 05/22/2009 3:00 AM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians zmjezhd 05/22/2009 6:01 AM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians goofy 05/22/2009 2:57 PM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians BranShea 05/22/2009 4:58 PM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians LukeJavan8 05/22/2009 5:08 PM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians zmjezhd 05/22/2009 6:13 PM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians CREHST 05/25/2009 3:58 PM Re: Phonics and Phoenicians Jackie 05/26/2009 2:23 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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