Talk:Hendecagon
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What is the Susan B Anthony Dollar? Thanks! Mark Richards 21:24, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
A Susan B Anthony coin is a US one-dollar coin, right? One of those annoying special edition things. I'm not entirely sure. Agkeene 05:06, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
It was regular currency for several years and was very unpopular. Most people didn't like to use them because they were too similar in size to the quarter-dollar (and Anthony was homely). The Sacagawea dollar works much better, although people don't generally use it as pocket change.--Syd Henderson 20:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Indeed a word of Greek origin
Hendecagon is indeed a word phonetically derived from the greek "Ενδεκάγωνο". I.e. Ένδεκα(Hendeca)=11 and γωνία(gonia)=angle. The final -ia drops out in the English word to facilitate pronunciation. Also in modern Greek the leading "H" is silent. In ancient Greek it sounded more kind of todays English, like a soft "H"
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Thank you,
Dimitrios G. Panagiotidis
Chicago, IL - USA.
