The Akashic Record: X


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X: The 24th letter of the modern alphabet and the 21st of the Roman, corresponding in form and position to the Greek xi. The early Greek forms represented the aspirate voiceless velar kh in the Ionian alphabet and ks in the Chaldean. The ancient Roman name of the letter was ix, and the Romans used it for the ks sound. Its earliest use in English was as a medial and final alternate spelling of cs.

In modern usage, x is a marker, a metasyntactic variable, and a symbol for the unknown. It is not, however, the beginning of any names or terms relevant to any of the Harry Potter books.


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