Talk:E

Most Common letter
where is the proof that E is the most commonly used letter in the English language? 88.106.53.89 17:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC) erm how many letter es did you use in you sentence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.64.147 (talk) 16:58, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Semitic, language or adjective
Is "Semitic" a language, or an adjective to describe people? I thought the language was "Hebrew". -- Bignose

Semitic is a language family, including Hebrew but also Arabic and several other languages, of particular note here being Phoenician, which is what the first alphabet was developed for.

Epislon, doesn't display
The characters given for Epsilon don't display on my browser, but that's perhaps not surprising as I don't have a Greek font installed. However, surely six characters aren't required to display one Epsilon? -- Bignose


 * You don't need to have a Greek font, these Greek letters are in the standard html set. If you don't see this : &#917;&#968;&#953;&#955;&#959;&#957;, does this : &Epsilon;&psi;&iota;&lambda;&omicron;&nu; display correctly ? And the symbol for Epsilon is &Epsilon; or &epsilon; (upper/lower case), but the six characters are the Greek name of Epsilon, just like "Epsilon"... SeeSchloss 09:22, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)

E-programming language
I've deleted the E programming language. Never heard of it, if it is worth an article then it could be added again. -- Egil 08:55 Mar 14, 2003 (UTC)


 * http://www.erights.org/ < home of the E programming language. Well I don't think it is widely known and it is certainly not worth adding it again. SeeSchloss 09:22, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)

e-less book
I've heard there was an e-less book made. Should this be mentioned, if it can be verified?


 * I believe the book you are referring to is Gadsby written by Ernest Vincent Wright. As to whether it should be included, well... that was the reason I looked up e in the first place. ;) ~ Bob 07:05, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I, however, believe the book you are referring to is A Void, which was written in French by Georges Perec and translated into English by Gilbert Adair. Neither version contains the letter 'e'. --Zarel 03:04, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Vitamin E
Should we add a "See also: Vitamin E" to the "In nutrition, E is a vitamin."? --Zarel 03:04, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

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Ecstacy
Ecstacy, is often called an "E". Sure it might not be "common" enough to add here, but it is WAY more common than "In structural engineering, E stands for the modulus of elasticity".

Big e on food cans
Should the big e used in conjunction with food cans to denote net weight be mentioned? Ex. e 200 g to denote (net) weight of 200 gram (0.2 kilogram) of content in the package excluding all package material. – nsaa @ 2006-05-24 13:16Z
 * This is not a "big" e, but the character of the letter e is my favorite and it's also part of the vowels which is important in English U+212E (℮) Estimated sign. Nsaa 20:50, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

e in bed, history
I think some focus on the /e/ in "bed" should be described in the history part. As far as I know this sound is older than writing. Probably a phonetic symbol for the /e/ in "bed" may be in the Akkadian cuneiform, or Sumerian proto-cuneiform which is the oldest phonetic language known. TedHuntington 23:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Uses other than as a letter are moved to the E (disambiguation) page
To keep this article consistent with that of other letters, and to meet the WP style, most of the meanings of this symbol, other than as a letter of the alphabet, have been moved to the disambiguation page. - Dmeranda (talk) 17:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Plural
The article says that the plural form is 'ees' but then has a footnote that basically contradicts this. Some kind of clarification seems to be required here. JulesH (talk) 10:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

The Happy man?
Anyone else find something about the E being evolved from a pictographic representation of a man with an erection? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.255.118.242 (talk) 16:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Egyptian E
That hieroglyph is not an E. It's an idiogram with no phonetic value used in words having to do with rejoicing. Egyptian has no "E," nor any other vowels. Now, I don't know if that symbol may or may not be thought by scholars to be the artistic basis for the modern E, but it's incorrect to say that's actually an Egyptian E. 97.127.34.184 (talk) 21:00, 15 July 2009 (UTC) ya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.53.182.88 (talk) 20:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

What…?
What is going on with this page? What is with the abundant use of ‹ and ›, which are not even English punctuation marks, and what does "Its name in English is pronounced ‹e›; or, rarely, ‹ee›," even mean? — the Man in Question (in question)  09:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Angle bracket notation is standard in phonology to indicate spelling, as opposed to pronunciation (which is usually instead indicated between / / or [ ] with IPA symbols inside). It makes it clear we're referring to the letters as spelled out in the given language's own orthography, and that we're quoting writing system symbols per se. LjL (talk) 12:17, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Used in schools as a grading system as "Excellent".
Is this even worth mentioning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.99.81.66 (talk) 14:42, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

As far as i know, the University of arizona uses it in their grading system. (I already mentioned that) but i cannot find any other school that uses it. Wikidoorman (talk) 01:02, 15 March 2021 (UTC)User:Wikidoorman

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Related characters
Should the character ⵟ from the Tifinagh script be included as a related character? Mateussf (talk) 14:19, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

ees
Can somebody please elaborate the orthographic differences posited in

"E" a letter Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (1993). Ees is the plural of the name of the letter; the plural of the letter itself is rendered E's, Es, e's, or es --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:01, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

You forgot to mention that E is an internet meme
Just a suggestion.

I know Wikipedia is formal, but I think that E has really made a wide impact on internet memes.

That is worthy enough for documentation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by "I hope no one looks at my plans while I happen to be asleep" Verbose Dr. T (talk • contribs) 17:46, 6 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Well, there are no reliable source about that, I guess. Probably worth a sentence or at most two, I mean, to be fair, we do have humor at forbidden places lol CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 12:07, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * But not without a citation and in any case would not be in this article (which is about the letterform). If you mean ecstasy (drug) (MDMA), it is already listed at E (disambiguation). --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:29, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, come on, a KYM page should have been enough. 2A00:1370:81A2:E0D:E556:47E0:537:7A0C (talk) 06:12, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 December 2021
198.72.29.149 (talk) 16:30, 14 December 2021 (UTC) #E
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:35, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 February 2022
A link needs updating. Please change this

to this:

185.111.131.198 (talk) 14:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * in E and Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets. Thank you for reporting this error.  Certes (talk) 16:09, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Euler's number
e is used as a symbol for euler's number. I know there is another page, but shouldn't there also be a note that e is used as the symbol under other uses? Bynee25 (talk) 23:59, 1 October 2022 (UTC)


 * There's a hatnote: For the mathematical constant, see e (mathematical constant). It's also listed in E (disambiguation). Certes (talk) 00:04, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Israel Flag Displayed in mobile version
Hi! I just wanted to know, Why is the Israel flag displaying in mobile form instead of the page? 2601:83:4280:A9E0:CCB0:5A05:B5D5:41DC (talk) 00:26, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * This is the result of vandalism, which has been reverted. I've purged the cache so it should be fixed now. Nardog (talk) 04:04, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Ampersand
Why is the ampersand in the list of descendants of the letter "e"? The ampersand (&) comes from the Latin word "et," meaning "and." Can someone fix it? Thank you! JordiLopezboy (talk) 12:12, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for asking this in your own words, which are far better, far clearer and far more succinct than the ChatGPT waffle.
 * Ampersand was originally a ligature of et (I have added an image to explain). It has become a unique symbol in its own right, indeed for a while it was taught in schools as a 27th letter of the English alphabet. So, within the terms of the infobox, it is indeed a descendant symbol of $⟨e⟩$ – and of course it also a descendant of $⟨t⟩$. To be fair, it is an edge case and I can see that a convincing argument could be made that it should not be included, because its function is quite different for a simple $⟨e⟩$. The normal way we resolve this would be to demand a wp:reliable source that says so. Perhaps another editor can identify such? If not, I certainly wouldn't oppose it being deleted from the list.--𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 14:38, 12 February 2024 (UTC)