Why is the alphabet in that order?

Answer 1

So that it's in alphabetic order, of course -----Jeez!!!!

Answer 2

I know you probably won't want to read all this, but here you go anyway.

The alphabet has often been described as an arbitrary collection of symbols representing an arbitrary collection of sounds. Its order is equally random. The origins of the earliest alphabets, which were probably created around 4,000 years ago, are quite murky.

The earliest form of the alphabet was invented by the Semitic peoples living in Egypt. This original alphabet eventually gave rise to written Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, and the modern Roman languages.

The alphabet developed much out of laziness. Early pictograms required readers and writers to memorize hundreds of specific images representing words and ideas. The alphabet, on the other hand, was a kind of phonetic shorthand in which thirty basic sounds could be strung together to form words.

Egyptian hieroglyphics used both pictograms and phonemes (symbols that represent sounds). The first phonemes were based on pictograms -- for example, the symbol representing house, or "beth" in spoken Semitic, eventually became the letter "B."

So, while we can't give you an exact reason for the order, we can give you one fun (if rather obvious) fact you may not have realized -- the word "alphabet" comes from "alpha" and "beta," the first two words in the Greek alphabet.

Answer 3

Our alphabet of letters started very long ago in ancient times (proto-Canaanite) when letters were also used for numbers. Numbers, of course, are placed in an order from smaller to larger. Those old number-letters started the order system for our alphabet.

Answer 4

Why does the sun rise from the east? Why does it set in the west? Why does the earth rotate the way it does? Why can't it rotate east to west making the sun rise west and set east? Why do my feel smell like garbage after a long day? Why do you ask that question? No one knows. It just IS that's why.

Answer 5

I guess the person who translated it from greek to english was a little drunk at the time, and was too lazy to fix it later.

Answer 6

coz easy 2 use

Answer 7

makes the song easier to remember :p

Answer 8

WELL IS A MYSTERY.AND GOOD QUESTION.MAYBE THE ACIENT PLP WANTEDED DAD WAY.WHO KNOWS,MAYBE ONE DAY WELL KNOW WHY.BUT NOW IS A MYSTERY.

Answer 9

For a reason.

Answer 10

It's an enigma.