Some adaptations of the Latin alphabet are augmented with ligatures, such as æ in Old English and Icelandic and Ȣ in Algonquian ; by borrowings from other alphabets, such as the thorn þ in Old English and Icelandic, which came from the Futhark runes ; and by modifying existing letters, such as the eth ð of Old English and Icelandic, which is a modified d. Other alphabets only use a subset of the Latin alphabet, such as Hawaiian, and Italian, which uses the letters j, k, x, y and w only in foreign words.

Some alphabets disregard tone entirely, especially when it does not carry a heavy functional load, as in Somali and many other languages of Africa and the Americas.

Some manual representations of non-Roman scripts such as Chinese, Japanese, Devanagari, Hebrew, Greek, Thai and Russian alphabets are based to some extent on the one-handed Latin alphabet described above.

Some of these constructions are still in existence today.

Some information is known about the family origins of Amasis: his mother was a certain Tashereniset as a bust statue of this lady, which is today located in the British Museum, shows.

Some stand today.

Some authors even argue that the language moved westward during Late Antiquity, after the fall of Rome, into the north part of Hispania in which Basque is spoken today.

Some beers today, such as Fraoch by the Scottish Heather Ales company and Cervoise Lancelot by the French Brasserie-Lancelot company, use plants other than hops for flavouring.

Some important Roman ruins are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, its entrance located by the city museum ( Museu d ' Història de la Ciutat ); the typically Roman grid plan is still visible today in the layout of the historical centre, the Barri Gòtic (" Gothic Quarter ").

Some psychoanalysts today do not regard cross-dressing by itself a psychological problem, unless it interferes with the functioning of a person's life.

Some sources later, and even today, list his middle name erroneously as " Tecumseh ", apparently as a result of being nicknamed " The Chief " by teammates.

Some Jewish personnel avoided flying over German lines during WWII with ID tags that indicated their religion, and some Jewish personnel avoid the religious designation today out of concern that they could be captured by extremists who are anti-semitic.

Some scholars today believe the document was written to prevent apostasy.

Some spices used then, but no longer today in French cuisine are cubebs, long pepper ( both from vines similar to black pepper ), grains of paradise, and galengale.

Some Forth implementations ( usually early versions or those written to be extremely portable ) compile threaded code, but many implementations today generate optimized machine code like other language compilers.

Some scholars today believe that parts of John represent an independent historical tradition from the synoptics, while other parts represent later traditions.

Some nails made today are electro-galvanized.

Some could be seen today as politically incorrect, such as strips involving Jon's pipe smoking or his subscription to a bachelor magazine.

Some medieval chronicles and literary works derive the name of the city of Buda from him. There is an ancient legend, amongst the Székely people that says: " After the death of Attila, in the bloody Battle of Krimhilda, 3000 Hun warriors managed to escape, to settle in a place called " Csigle mezo " ( today Transylvania ) and they changed their name from Huns to Szekler ( Szekely ).

Some believe that the modern movement of anarcho-capitalism is the result of simply removing the labor theory of value from ideas of the 19th century American individualist anarchists: " Their successors today, such as Murray Rothbard, having abandoned the labor theory of value, describe themselves as anarcho-capitalists.

Some of the voles the Ice Age Common Kestrels ate – such as European Pine Voles ( Microtus subterraneus ) – were indistinguishable from those alive today.

Some of the Mongols today who exhibit some slight Caucasoid features most likely stem from historical intermixing with ancient Central Asian and Siberian Europoids, as opposed to recent intermixing with Slavics and other Europeans.

Some of the weapons that were not damaged during the decades of wars are still being used today, while the remainder have probably been sold on the black market.

Some residents of the Pays Cathare identify themselves as Cathars even today.

Some fraction of elements beyond helium were created in the Big Bang, as the protons and neutrons collided with each other ( lithium, beryllium, and perhaps some boron ), but all of the " heavier elements " ( heavier than carbon, element number 6 ) that we see today, were created inside of stars during a series of fusion stages, such as the proton-proton chain, the CNO cycle and the triple-alpha process.

Some include the classical Mesoamerican cultures, still in use today in the modern indigenous languages of their descendants, namely the Nahuatl and Mayan languages ( see Maya numerals ).

Some scholars have doubted whether the Niger-Congo languages is a valid genetic unit or rather a typological grouping, but specialists today consider it to be a valid phylum, although there is no consensus on the subclassification.

Some of them are obvious, such as the fact that we associate recorded and live music with our responses and behavior in different types of environments and social settings.

Some recreation features, such as scenic values and water interest, also have greater overall value than other interests.

Some areas may provide archeological values such as ancient Indian village sites or hunting areas, caves, artifacts, etcetera.

Some vocational training schools provide such training, but the current need exceeds the facilities.

Some such youngsters rarely smile, or they try to speak with the mouth closed.

Some anthropologists, such as Lloyd Fallers and Clifford Geertz, focused on processes of modernization by which newly independent states could develop.

Some, such as the spadefoot toads, have strong biting jaws and are carnivorous or even cannibalistic.

Some of these have specific adaptations such as enlarged teeth for biting or spines on the chest, arms or thumbs.

Some salamanders adopt defensive poses when faced by a potential predator such as the North American northern short-tailed shrew ( Blarina brevicauda ).

Some jurisdictions have specialized appellate courts, such as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which only hears appeals raised in criminal cases, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has general jurisdiction but derives most of its caseload from patent cases, on the other hand, and appeals from the Court of Federal Claims on the other.

Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure such as Homer's The Odyssey.

Some are no more than a widening of a stream valley ; others, such as the Konya Ovasi, are large basins of inland drainage or are the result of limestone erosion.

Some of these churches are known as Anglican, such as the Anglican Church of Canada, due to their historical link to England ( Ecclesia Anglicana means " English Church ").

Some meals are communal, such as fondue, where a pot is set in the middle of the table for each person to dip into.

Some high mountain villages, such as Avoriaz ( in France ) Wengen and Zermatt ( in Switzerland ) are accessible only by cable car or cog-rail trains, and are car free.

Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition, hold that the dead go to a specific plane of existence after death, as determined by a god, gods, or other divine judgment, based on their actions or beliefs during life.

Some sects, such as the Universalists, believe in universalism that all souls will ultimately be saved and that there are no torments of hell.

Some, such as Francis Crick in 1994, have attempted a " scientific search for the soul ".

Some of these beliefs, such as Pelagianism and semi-Pelagianism ( see below ) are not considered to be within Arminian orthodoxy and are dealt with elsewhere.

Some Arminians, such as professor and theologian Robert Picirilli, reject the doctrine of open theism as a " deformed Arminianism ".