Conclusion

I hope you have enjoyed this story about an aspect of English spelling and word history, with some aspects of the history of Spanish thrown in. For more information you can follow some of the links below.

Some recommended links for more information

A history of English spelling, by D. G. Scragg (1974) http://books.google.com/books?id=pBkNAQAAIAAJ

A survey of English spelling, by Edward Carney (1994) http://books.google.com/books?id=uZ4OAAAAQAAJ

A short history of English spelling http://www.englishspellingproblems.co.uk/html/history.html

Spelling and Standardization in English: Historical Overview, by Suzanne Kemmer: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Histengl/spelling.html

Loanwords: Major Periods of Borrowing in the History of English http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/loanwords.html

Wikipedia: Greek Alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet

Wikipedia: List of Greek words with English derivatives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_words_with_English_derivatives

Wikipedia: Pronunciation of English th http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_English_th

Wikipedia: Greek alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet

Wikipedia: English alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet

Wikipedia: Z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z

Wikipedia: International Phonetic Alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

Orthographic diacritics and multilingual computing, by J.C. Wells http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/dia/diacritics-revised.htm

The Latin Alphabet http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin/Grammar/Latin-Alphabet.html

The Greek Alphabet http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkalpha.htm