From Middle English and Old English upper case letterE and split ofÆ,EA,EO, andŒ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:
Old English letterE, from replacement by Latin letterE of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛖ(e).
Old English letterÆ from replacement by Latin ligatureÆ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚫ(æ).
Old English digraphEA, from replacement by Latin digraphEA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛠ(ea).
Old English digraphEO from replacement by Latin digraphEO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcᛇ(eo).
Old English letterŒ from replacement by Latin ligatureŒ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛟ(œ).
Sick Boy brings oot someE. White doves; ah think. It's mental gear. Most Ecstasy hasnae any MDMA in it, it's just likesay, ken, part speed, part acid in its effects . . .
1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics),Different Class, performed by Pulp:
And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out forE's and wizz
You mentioned you were taking stuff. Did you mean ecstasy? / What else? It’s excellent. I’m not an addict or nothing, and I steer clear of crack and that. People sayE is for losers but, hey, I’d never be without some eccy in my bag.
Thegrade belowD in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is afailing grade.
1999, Julian Stallabrass,High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso,→ISBN, page 25,
In line with this, he is marketed not only as a mental innocent, but as a class primitive, someone who only got anE in A-level art […]
a2003, Rick, quoted in Linda MacDowell,Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth, Blackwell Publishing (2003),→ISBN, page 198,
My results weren’t that great, to be honest. I weren’t right happy with them; I got anE in Maths and that were a surprise, but I did get a B in Technology – that were all right.
2005, S. J. Smith,Joe Public, Virtualbookworm Publishing,→ISBN, page 125,
Not really, but perhaps I’d have got an ‘E’ in Tech Drawing no matter how much I’d asserted myself. Maybe Mr. Pinkerton would have seen to it that my exam paper was tampered with. A spot of teacher to student revenge.
But she didn’t get the bit about my accidental artistic career, “But you can’t draw love. You got anE in your exam. I remember that. You drew that onion that looked like a boil.”
2002,The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities[1],→ISSN,→OCLC, page229:
The discovery suggests also that the center of the state ofE was located in the Suizao corridor in Hubei, not far from the location ofE as suggested by ancient geographical works.
These three bronzes, though clearly modeled on Zhou types, are quite distinctive from the Zhou tradition. They suggest that, although the state ofE served as an ally and agent of the Western Zhou state, it probably had a distinctive cultural origin of its own.
A six-character inscription cast inside the bowl records that thisgui was made for a nobleman of theE state. Due to gaps in Chinese historical records, the exact history of the state ofE is uncertain. Since the E ShuGui was salvaged from a pile of scrap copper shipped to the Shanghai Foundry from Hubei province, some scholars have inferred that thegui was excavated from Hubei, therefore proving that theE state during the Western Zhou was located in today's Hubei province.
/ɛ/ is from Middle High Germane (bothë andẹ) in most closed syllables, in some dialects also in open syllables; in Moselle Franconian fromö in the same positions.
/e/ is fromi in most closed syllables; in Moselle Franconian fromü in the same positions.
/eː/ is fromei in Ripuarian and western Moselle Franconian (latter alsoöu); fromie in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian (latter alsoüe); fromē, œ in southern Moselle Franconian; in some Moselle Franconian dialects frome, ö in open syllables.
In the German-based spelling, short open/ɛ/ may also be represented byÄ (see there).
In the Dutch-based spelling, short closed/e/, which ranges phonetically between[e] and[ɪ], is represented byI (see there).
Doubling of long E
In the German-based spelling, longe is doubled toee when the German cognate word hasee as well. Longe may or may not be doubled in the following cases:
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, andE for information on the development of the glyph itself.
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andE for development of the glyph itself.
Historical Latin texts did not generally distinguish short and long vowels orthographically. In modern texts and editions of older texts, the vowels are typically written ⟨E⟩ and ⟨Ē⟩ to mark the length distinction.
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur, and sporadically inCyrillic.
The letterE/e (like its long counterpartĒ/ē) represent two sounds,[ɛ] —šaurais e(“narrow e”) — and[æ] —platais e(“broad e”). In principle,[ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowelsi,ī,e,ē, the diphthongsie,ei, and the palatal consonantsj,ķ,ģ,ļ,ņ,š,ž,č,dž, and, in the old spelling,ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise,[æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the lettere —[ɛ] or[æ] — must be memorized.
Long/eː/ is normally speltee. Before a single consonant it may be spelte, but this is restricted to internationalisms (e.g.Meter).
Apart from unstressed syllables, the pronunciation/ə/,/e/ also occurs in the function wordsech;mech,dech,sech;meng,deng,seng;net. Otherwise these vowels are speltË orÉ.
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andE for development of the glyph itself.
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andE for development of the glyph itself.
From Gaj's Latin alphabetE, fromCzech alphabetE, from LatinE, from theEtruscan letter𐌄(e,“e”), from theAncient Greek letterΕ(E,“epsilon”), derived from thePhoenician letter𐤄(h,“he”), from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓀠.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “E”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Old English letterE, from replacement by Latin letterE of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛖ(e).
Old English letterÆ from replacement by Latin ligatureÆ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚫ(æ).
Old English digraphEA, from replacement by Latin digraphEA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛠ(ea).
Old English digraphEO from replacement by Latin digraphEO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcᛇ(eo).
Old English letterŒ from replacement by Latin ligatureŒ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᛟ(œ).
Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
