2006-09-03 20:20:25 · 9 answers · asked by Do not delete. 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Originally, what we refer to as "alphabetical order" was random, however tradition and accepted usage has made it a well-recognized sequence.
2006-09-03 20:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by Candidus 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is a theory that early proto-alphabets in the western world...were "rough" symbols of the signs of the zodiac along the ecliptic...[with a few additional signs that "filled in the spaces" or were important figures in their mythology...for instance...Perseus is NOT a sign of the zodiac but was central to Mithraic beliefs]
Understand that these "markings" did not necessarily resemble the alphabets that exist today....[I'm NOT talking about the English alphabet]...probably closer to Semitic or Babylonian/Assyrian or possibly Hittite/Hurrian scripts
over time, these "scribblings" lead to an alphabet, a written language...
This theory porposes that scribes/priests/shamans would have recorded these symbols as a way of recording time...so it may also in fact been the origin of a "primitive" calendar
2006-09-03 21:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alphabet is in alphabetical order.
2006-09-03 20:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in sequence as english came from new sounds from latin french and many other sources. And so the order is based on new sounds that we had learned
2006-09-03 20:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by Doctor C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats weird i never thought about that...i guess its in the order that sounded the best i have no idea
2006-09-03 20:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by tokio hotel fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
random
2006-09-07 12:10:37 · answer #6 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guh!! alphabetical order.
2006-09-03 20:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by Tina N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-03 20:25:27 · answer #8 · answered by chancethepug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its in an order-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
2006-09-03 20:26:55 · answer #9 · answered by {««мα∂gυу»»} 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋