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ok so im just wondering is this the corrrect greek lettering for pope john paul 2 favorite saying "totus tuus"

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That is Latin, not Greek.

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The place where i got these Charcters said they were greek. and i believe they are. they use the sigma nad the tau so isnt that greek?

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What Twpsyn means is that the phrase "totus tuus" is Latin, so why would you want to write a Latin phrase with Greek letters?
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well im looking for older characters so i thought these would be good. how would i go about spelling it then with latin charcters? and what would they look like?

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The Latin would look like this: "Totus tuus"

or like this: "TOTVS TVVS"

The characters are the same, as you can see, except that a capital u is written like a capital v.
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TOTVS TVVS would be πᾶς σὀς or something like that.
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But what does TOTVS TVVS mean? All yours or something? (Latin isn't as good as Greek).
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GreekGeek2 wrote:All yours or something?
Exactly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totus_Tuus
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GreekGeek2 wrote:TOTVS TVVS would be πᾶς σὀς or something like that.
And why not: ὃλος σός?
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