In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are [p], pronounced with the lips; [t], pronounced with the front of the tongue; [k], pronounced with the back of the tongue; [h], pronounced in the throat; [f] and [s], pronounced by forcing air through a narrow channel (fricatives); and [m] and [n], which have air flowing through the nose (nasals). Contrasting with consonants are vowels. Since the number of possible sounds in all of the world's languages is much greater than the number of letters in any one...

Tante-Emma-Laden ist eine in Deutschland und der Schweiz gebräuchliche umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für ein kleines Einzelhandelsgeschäft, das Lebensmittel und weitere Artikel des täglichen Bedarfs anbietet. Bezeichnend ist, dass der Laden oft so klein ist, dass nur eine Person, häufig die Ladenbesitzerin persönlich – eben die „Tante Emma“ –, dort arbeitet. In Österreich spricht man vom Greißler. Auch der Begriff Krämer ist als Synonym in Deutschland gebräuchlich. == GeschichteBearbeiten == Überwiegend als Anbieter von Lebensmitteln bzw. Kolonialwaren (woher sich auch der lange Zeit no...

Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is currently in its seventh edition, with many different versions released. It makes use of Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) system, with special rules for Sanity. == GameplayEdit == The setting of Call of Cthulhu is a darker version of our world, based on H. P. Lovecraft's observation (from his essay, Supernatural Horror in Literature) that "The oldest a...