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I got recently a question from one of my students that I couldn'tI reviewed some texts to find that s,S holds a variety of meanings.
answer. The question was simply : "What is the reason for using
the letter s to denote distance travelled ?". I promised to check it
out, so if anyone has a historical/philological explanation I would be
grateful to receive it.
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Inge H. A. Pettersen email: ingep@online.no
St. Olav videregaaende skole
Postb 590
N4001 Stavanger
NORWAY
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