Talk:Tau

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I learned that in modern Greek tau is called taf. So I guess the letters here are pronounced in ancient Greek?

It is written ταυ, which is pronounced roughly "taf", because υ takes on a sound varying between "f" and "v" when it follows an α or ε. --Delirium 03:39, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

Can anybody tell the significance of tau usage in engineering industry at present.

[edit] Reorganization

• Creating section "Miscellaneous" at the bottom of the article
• Moving the off-beat "essay" to "Miscellaneous". The letter sigma argues that tau shouldn't be included in the alphabet, on the basis that tau's shape resembles the scaffolds used for crucification? That has "wtf" written all over it.
• Introducing section "Scientific uses" as the first one--this is the most important thing to readers
• Introducing section "Other uses"
• Bayer stellar designations use pertains to astronomy--moving to "Scientific uses"
• "General Tau Theory" use looks strange. The page on the topic has the insufficient context template and features lots of gibberish. I can't distinguish if this is science or pseudoscience. Moving to "Other uses".

--193.99.145.162 09:36, 30 April 2007 (UTC)