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Comment from 2005

I vote to change the phrase (first paragraph under Usage) "and is also a factor making L difficult to pronounce users of languages such as Japanese or Chinese that either lack or have different values for L" to ... something else. We might be geeks, but Japanese is *not* a computer program. :) Any objections for "speaker" instead? (I just want to make sure it's general enough to cover what "users" is supposed to. "Speakers and writers" may be more general, but I think it has more to do with speaking, since it's talking about difficulty in pronouncing a letter/sound.) --RMo 21:20, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

History

Most other letters mention what the Egyptian hieroglyph meant. 75.210.6.171 (talk) 04:24, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stereochemistry

"In stereochemistry, S (sinister) signifies an anti-clockwise arrangement..." Yes, fine, but what does it have to do with L? — JIP | Talk 10:45, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Back in the day l was not only a letter but a symbol of peace. In church thay would say l be with you hippies would say l out and after wars people would hang ls on their doors —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.116.76.39 (talk) 23:12, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Drug

Is L a drug or something in nelly's ride wit me he says smoke a l in the back... but they bleep out 'L' in MTv and [V] and everything, why?

Oh I'm sick of this. No-one answers my questions anymore, please someone answer.

Anyone?

I don't know man.Cameron Nedland 23:45, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i mean that would need it's own article if it were notable. and article don't need mention everything which can be called by the same name, Rguyr (talk) 20:24, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

L is a term for the rolled up cigar that is used to smoke marijuana.

also called a blunt! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.24.118.169 (talk) 23:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Death note

I was looking for something on the character L from Death note

Fixed —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobthesmiley (talk • contribs) 03:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

here's the article Rguyr (talk) 20:26, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can we discuss |_ as similar to L

This is a similarity.--199.169.208.132 (talk) 06:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Msclockwatcher (talk) 20:26, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Avogadro

Shouldnt this page make mention of Avogadro's constant, as in chemistry? (L = 6.22 x 10^23) Aska 21:49, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Physics

There is vandalism under physics that needs to be fixedJMo89 03:59, 26 March 2007 (UTC)JMo89 3/25/07[reply]

Roman numeral

L = 50 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.9.16.2 (talk) 12:11, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Question; back and walk

Question; does back actually rhyme with walk? I noticed this in the article - I appreciate that my accent isn't everybody's, but I can't actually think of how that would happen - can someone please correct me? ~CortalUX^Talk? 02:37, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article doesn't say that back rhymes with walk—in fact, it says just the opposite, that the L in "walk" is an indicator that it does not rhyme with "back". (Quote from the article: "[the L's] presence modifies other letters' sounds, i.e. 'wak' [that is, "walk" without the L] might be more likely to be pronounced such that it would rhyme with 'back'") ----Smeazel (talk) 08:37, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article currently claims that the L in "walk" is silent. I don't think so; citation from linguists that it's completely silent, in all English accents? It isn't under careful pronunciation as far as I can tell. Allens (talk | contribs) 05:28, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge British English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary, Wiktionary show all pronunciations of "walk" without [l]. —Coroboy (talk) 18:58, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedy deleted as having no substantive content, because... REALLY? DELETING 'L'? --71.136.46.48 (talk) 21:33, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It hasn't been tagged for speedy deletion. —Bruce1ee^talk 04:54, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

in english l is l  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.160.82 (talk) 12:05, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hate the deleters (sort of): they first should opt for expansion / adding sources, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonDeDanser (talk • contribs) 12:15, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Examples of Letter L as Pictograph: Line, Light, Length

MODERATOR: "Lagoon, lantern, and less"? These are the examples given in the introduction of the letter L?! Poor examples. How often does someone use lagoon in their daily speech? Lantern? Maybe less. Line, light, and length are better examples and use l as a pictograph in most fonts: l is a line, L is two lines that meet (vertical & horizontal), L & l has a length to these lines, light travels in a line. 2601:580:104:F1C:451C:A3F8:E2CE:F5BD (talk) 21:06, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2020

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IT IS ALSO A LETTER OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET, NOT JUST LATIN. IT IS USED 5.4893% AND 27.98 86.24.169.150 (talk) 12:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article already mentions that. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:33, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

vowel letter's sound

Why not just vowel? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done (CC) Tbhotch^™ 18:03, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2022

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litre is spelt wrong- you spelt it liter and not litre 14sirs (talk) 09:41, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: the first time "liter" is mentioned is in the context of japan, which while it doesn't primarily use either variant of english, it primarily uses american english spelling (where british litre is spelled liter instead). unless the rest of the article uses british spellings, I don't see a need for it to be changed. melecie t - 09:59, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, when I first saw the page it innately annoyed me so that is the main reason I asked for it to be changed 14sirs (talk) 17:53, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 March 2022

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can I edit plz??? Grehdasjogybuhajldsgybjladfkzxogyuadf, (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting admin or to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if the protecting admin is not active or has declined the request. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:53, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Use of special symbol ℓ for litre/liter

Article says: However, the International System of Units recommends using Unicode symbols U+006C l LOWERCASE L or U+004C L UPPERCASE L for the liter. There is a reference given to Unicode.org. However, Unicode.org just states the same assertion; Unicode.org is not an authoritative source for SI recommendations or policy. Does anyone know of an actual source from SI where this is allegedly documented? Certainly since no standardised keyboard on Earth has a dedicated key for ℓ it seems most persons will just type milliliters as mL, for instance, instead of mℓ but that’s hardly the same thing as SI recommending something. Dudshan (talk) 21:53, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The text was false in multiple ways and not worth spending any more time discussing as it stood. I have found the relevant SI document, so the article now reads:

However, the International Committee for Weights and Measures recommends using L or l for the liter.^[1] > (without specifying a typeface).

Is that any clearer? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC) Revised a little. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:52, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "The International System of Units (SI) | The SI brochure, 9th edition, 2019" (PDF). December 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023. The litre, and the symbol lower-case l, were adopted by the CIPM in 1879 (PV, 1879, 41). The alternative symbol, capital L, was adopted by the 16th CGPM (1979, Resolution 6; CR, 101 and Metrologia, 1980, 16, 56-57) in order to avoid the risk of confusion between the letter l (el) and the numeral 1 (one).

"L+Ratio" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Change an A for an E Quokka99 (talk) 07:19, 8 February 2024 (UTC) Editing the page.[reply]

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. Cannolis (talk) 07:34, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

it seem like a lot of topics need to be deleted or archived

for example

drug

death note

Can we discuss |_ as similar to L Rguyr (talk) 20:30, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per Help:Archiving a talk page, it is customary to periodically archive old discussions on a talk page when that page becomes too large. This talk page is still of reasonable size, and some readers or editors may find even older discussions useful.

|_ is documented along with similar substitutions in Leet#Table of leet-speak substitutes for normal letters. Certes (talk) 21:09, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Replace “~-700 to present” with “c. 700 BCE – present” JhonJhonII (talk) 22:51, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[BIPM2006-brochure-1] "The International System of Units (SI) | The SI brochure, 9th edition, 2019" (PDF). December 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023. The litre, and the symbol lower-case l, were adopted by the CIPM in 1879 (PV, 1879, 41). The alternative symbol, capital L, was adopted by the 16th CGPM (1979, Resolution 6; CR, 101 and Metrologia, 1980, 16, 56-57) in order to avoid the risk of confusion between the letter l (el) and the numeral 1 (one).

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