| Revision as of 07:00, 2 December 2013 view sourceIshdarian (talk | contribs)Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers7,181 editsm Reverted edits by Dopey McButtslime (talk) to last version by Ishdarian← Previous edit | Revision as of 07:04, 2 December 2013 view source 212.83.142.208 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| Who's D is it, anyway? | |||
| {{About|the letter of the alphabet}} | |||
| {{Technical reasons|D#|D-sharp|D♯ (disambiguation)}} | |||
| {{Technical reasons|:D|the "very happy face" symbol|Emoticon}} | |||
| {{pp-move-indef|small=yes}} | |||
| {{Latin letter info|d}} | |||
| '''D''' (] ''dee'' {{IPAc-en|'|d|iː}}<ref>"D" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); '']'s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "dee", ''op. cit.''</ref>) is the fourth ] in the ]. | |||
| This D is your D, this D is my D | |||
| == History == | |||
| From California to the New York Island | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters | |||
| |- style="background-color:#EEEEEE; text-align:center;" | |||
| This D was made for you and me. | |||
| ! Egyptian hieroglyph <br>door | |||
| ! Phoenician <br/>'']h'' | |||
| ! Greek <br/>'']'' | |||
| ! Etruscan <br/>D | |||
| ! Roman <br/>D | |||
| |- style="background-color:white; text-align:center;" | |||
| |<hiero>O31</hiero> | |||
| | ] | |||
| | ] | |||
| | ] | |||
| | ] | |||
| |} | |||
| As I was walking that ribbon of highway | |||
| The Semitic letter ] may have developed from the ] for a fish or a door. There are various ]s that might have inspired this. In Semitic, Ancient Greek and Latin, the letter represented {{IPA|/d/}}; in the ] the letter was superfluous but still retained (see letter ]). The equivalent ] is Delta, ']'.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} | |||
| I saw above me that endless skyway | |||
| I saw below me that golden valley | |||
| This D was made for you and me. | |||
| I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps | |||
| The ] (lower-case) form of 'd' consists of a loop and a tall ] stroke. It developed by gradual variations on the majuscule (capital) form. In handwriting, it was common to start the arc to the left of the vertical stroke, resulting in a ] at the top of the arc. This serif was extended while the rest of the letter was reduced, resulting in an angled stroke and loop. The angled stroke slowly developed into a vertical stroke. | |||
| To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts | |||
| While all around me a voice was sounding | |||
| This D was made for you and me. | |||
| When the sun came shining, and I was strolling | |||
| == Usage == | |||
| And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling | |||
| ] at the border between Austria and Germany.]] | |||
| A voice was chanting, As the fog was lifting, | |||
| In nearly all languages that use the Latin alphabet and the ] 'd' represents the ] or ] {{IPA|/d/}}, but in the ], it represents the sound {{IPA|/z/}} (or {{IPA|/j/}} in southern dialects). In ] it represents a ] stop {{IPA|/nd/}}.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Pacific languages: an introduction |first=John |last=Lynch |page=97 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zYfV1jN3whUC&pg=PA97&dq=d+fijian+prenasalized#v=onepage&q=d%20fijian%20prenasalized&f=false |year=1998 |publisher=] |isbn=0-8248-1898-9 }}</ref> In some languages where ]less ] stops contrast with voiceless aspirated stops, 'd' represents an unaspirated {{IPA|/t/}}, while 't' represents an aspirated {{IPA|/tʰ/}}. Examples of such languages include ], ], ], ] and the ] transliteration of ]. | |||
| This D was made for you and me. | |||
| This D is your D, this D is my D | |||
| The symbol "D" is used for ] in ]. | |||
| From California to the New York Island | |||
| From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters | |||
| ==Related letters and other similar characters== | |||
| This D was made for you and me. | |||
| *Đ đ : ] | |||
| *{{unicode|Ɗ ɗ}} : ] | |||
| *Ð ð : ] | |||
| *Δ δ : ] | |||
| *Д д : ] | |||
| *ד : ] | |||
| *∂ : ], <math>\part</math> | |||
| ==Computing codes== | |||
| {{charmap | |||
| | 0044 | 0064 | name1 = Latin Capital Letter D | name2 =   Latin Small Letter D | |||
| | map1 = ] family | map1char1 = C4 | map1char2 = 84 | |||
| | map2 = ] <sup>1<sup/> | map2char1 = 44 | map2char2 = 64 | |||
| }} | |||
| : <sup>1</sup> {{midsize|Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.}} | |||
| ==Other representations== | |||
| {{Letter other reps | |||
| |NATO=Delta | |||
| |Morse=–·· | |||
| |Character=D4 | |||
| |Braille=⠙ | |||
| }} | |||
| In ] (BSL), the letter 'd' is indicated by signing with the right hand held with the index and thumb extended and slightly curved, and the tip of the thumb and finger held against the extended index of the left hand. | |||
| == References == | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| *{{Commons-inline|D}} | |||
| *{{Wiktionary-inline|D}} | |||
| *{{Wiktionary-inline|d}} | |||
| {{Latin alphabet|D|}} | |||
| ] | |||
Revision as of 07:04, 2 December 2013
Who's D is it, anyway?
This D is your D, this D is my D From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This D was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley This D was made for you and me.
I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts While all around me a voice was sounding This D was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling A voice was chanting, As the fog was lifting, This D was made for you and me.
This D is your D, this D is my D From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This D was made for you and me.