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Like many of the other English words that use a q not followed by a u, souq is of Arabic origin. In English, the letter Q is almost always followed immediately by the letter U, e.g. quiz, quarry, question, squirrel. However, there are some exceptions.
Accented letters: â ç è é ê î ô û, rarely ë ï ; ù only in the word où, à only at the ends of a few words (including à).Never á í ì ó ò ú.; Angle quotation marks: « » (though "curly-Q" quotation marks are also used); dialogue traditionally indicated by means of dashes.
q.d. quaque die "every day" Used on prescriptions to indicate the medicine should be taken daily. QED: quod erat demonstrandum "that which was to be demonstrated" [1] Cited in many texts at the end of a mathematical proof. Example: "At the end of the long proof, the professor exclaimed ' QED! '" q.v. qq.v. quod vide quae vide "which see"
In words, mostly of Latin origin, where ä and u are separated by a syllable boundary, it represents /ɛ.ʊ/, e.g. Matthäus (a German form for Matthew). aw is used in English in ways that parallel English au , though it appears more often at the end of a word. In Cornish, it represents /aʊ/ or /æʊ/.
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Largely unaltered excepting several letters splitting—i.e. J from I , and U from V —additions such as W , and extensions such as letters with diacritics, it forms the Latin script that is used to write most languages of modern Europe, Africa, America and Oceania.
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