Tuesday, October 18, 2016

27 Letters

If someone were to ask to you recite all 27 letters of the alphabet, what would the last letter be?  It’s trivia day today.  And, yes there was a time when there were 27 letters in the English alphabet. The letter is still in use today, but it is no longer considered a letter.

Up until about 200 years ago, children recited the alphabet with an extra line “and, per se, and.”  But, the letter because to be considered an abbreviation or punctuation.

Ampersand - &.

Aren’t you glad you now know that?

PMO
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