What is this symbol?

**millar** · 9th October 06, 05:22 PM

Or is it upside down? It looks like it could be an embelished M.

**Nick** · 9th October 06, 05:32 PM

With the form of what looks like serifs, I'd say it's a W, not an M.

**Sir Robert** · 9th October 06, 05:39 PM

That ladies and germs is the lower case greek letter "Omega."

**Hachiman** · 9th October 06, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Sir Robert

That ladies and germs is the lower case greek letter "Omega."

My greek is appalling, but I didn't realise that the lowercase omega had a vertical riser/stroke in it? I was tending towards the "flourished W" in an uncial font theory, myself.

cheers

Hachiman

**haukehaien** · 9th October 06, 05:51 PM

The lower-case omega does have a riser, of sorts, (you can see it here),
but it's *usually* wider than it is tall. I still lean towards an embellished uncial W.

**Roan Carter** · 10th October 06, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by millar

Or is it upside down? It looks like it could be an embelished M.

Or maybe it should be rotated 90 degrees to the right to become an embellished E?

Just kidding. It's probably not that. When I first saw it, I thought maybe it was a pin from an antique store. It's very handsome. If it were the right size, it might pass for a kilt pin on a Wallace or Welsh person.