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R 18th letter of the alphabet , corresponding to Greek rho. When in Latin alphabets the letters for p and r became similar in appearance, the rho form (P; which at first was used for the r sound) was restricted to the p sound, and an extra line was added for the r sound (R). In Greek, where no confusion developed, the rho continued to look like Latin P. A modification of R is the symbol Rx, used medically for recipe [Lat.,=take] and liturgically for responsum [Lat.,=response].

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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

R. The eighteenth letter of the modern English alphabet was signified by ruis [dwarf elder] in the ogham alphabet of early Ireland.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

R the eighteenth letter of the modern English alphabet and the seventeenth of the ancient Roman one, derived through early Greek ρ from Phoenician, representing the twentieth letter of the early Semitic alphabet.

See also don't eat oysters unless there is an R in the month at oyster, the three R's.

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