oldest letter

[mickman]

which is the oldest letter that we now use in the english alphabet,when was this first recorded in an ancient alphabet and who used it ?. any brain boxes out there got the answer!!

[A.Guest]

The letter 'o' is the oldest letter in the English alphabet; it has been the same shape since about 1300BC.

Source: http://setthewheels.blogspot.com/2007/12/alpha bet.html

[Lil O'lady]

Be cautious with using the first post as a source - we have no reliable evidence for writing in Britain before the later Iron Age. The 'o' referred to seems to be part of a pattern and not a written text.

[shomer42]

Funnily enough the letter X was used pre-iron age when cavemen and women used to frequent "XXX" bars and clubs. Those were the days, you could smoke when you wanted, urinate in the street at 2am without getting your collar felt, and it was perfectly acceptable to lear at women. How times have changed..........ah but remember the good old 70's

[jno]

O and Y were both in the earliest known alphabet, about 1500BC in the Middle East, but it seems O was actually a consonant, and Y represented U, V and W as well as modern Y. But I suppose Y wins.