7.20.2009

Why Are There So Many Letters...

Why Are There So Many Letters in the English Alphabet Rhyming with Eee?

B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, and Z are the 9 letters, that’s basically 1/3 of the alphabet!

There are only two letters rhyming with you (Q & U which, with the exception of 14 words in the entire dictionary, are always together) and seven rhyming with me.  That sounds like the people who created the alphabet were pretty selfish.  Plus, there are two more letters rhyming with I (Y & I)… so conceited.  Maybe they were upset with “you” letters because those two were hanging out by themselves all the time.  They must have also liked “me” more than “I” because all of the former letters can be found with one another quite frequently in our vocabulary but not the latter letters, unless you are writing in French, but we’re not.  It’s also known that all of “me” must like initiating a bundle of pairings when initializing.  B.C.-Buoyancy Control or British Columbia; C.D. –Compact Disc or Certificate of Deposit; D.E. –Defensive End; E.G.(e.g.) –used when saying “for the sake of example”; G.P. –Game Plan or Gross Profit; P.T. –Playing Time or PT Cruiser; T.V. –Television or terminal velocity, and V.Z. –Volumous Zs (A long sleep).  I realize we cannot create a fully understanding alphabet but if I was to rearrange the alphabet, and this may sound cheesy, I would love to put U and I together.  But why not create a completely understanding alphabet?  One that’s filled with love and peaceful lettering, that’s what I want.  You may laugh, but as Elvis Costello asks, “What’s so funny about peace love and understanding?”  I see a unitized alphabet in our near future…