Hierogyphics
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HIEROGLYPHS are pictures that were used to write the ancient
Egyptian language. In the beginning hieroglyphic signs were used to keep
records of the king's possessions. Scribes could easily make these records by
drawing a picture of a cow or a boat followed by a number. But as the
language became m ....
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.... cases "a"
between the two glyphs. So we can pronounce as "met".
THE pronunciation of a word is the crucial element in using
hieroglyphics, how a word sounds is more important then how it is spelled.
For instance, the word that is spelled "cat" is actually pronounced "kat". The
name that is spelled "Cleopatra" is pronounced "Kliopadra". So, these word
would be written in hieroglyphs the way they sound. Because the words
"where" and "wear" sound alike they could be written using the ....
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