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Be honest, did you have to say the whole alphabet to come up with the answer?

2007-01-09 17:03:30 · 17 answers · asked by Snicker_Doodle8 2 in Society & Culture Languages

17 answers

P - yes, I did have to say the alphabet in my head!

2007-01-09 17:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by connorsmom916 3 · 2 1

P & Yes I Need to say all of the alphabet to Know...

2007-01-09 19:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by ◄MuslimRiverحبيبي رسول الله► 5 · 0 0

I am sorry, which 'America alphabet" are you referring to?

Are you speaking of the English alphabet?

Be honest, did you really think there is an "America alphabet"?

2007-01-09 17:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by WMD 7 · 1 0

P comes before Q.

And, no, in fact I learned when I was young to say the alphabet backwards.

2007-01-09 17:08:13 · answer #4 · answered by barjesse37 3 · 1 0

America Alphabet...? Never heard
do you mean Latin Alphabet?

2007-01-09 17:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by QQ dri lu 4 · 1 0

I love the English but they are sometimes unnecessarily stubborn in linguistic affairs. It makes more sense for each letter to have the same pronunciation it would have in a word. Why would you say, Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Gee, and so forth and then throw an "ed" sound at the end? Because they did so in the 1700's? They also bashed people's heads in back then for believing in a round planet. This linguistic superiority complex grows tiresome. How is "boot" less confusing than "trunk?" The etymology of "boot" comes from the era of horse-drawn carriages, when people would store their boots in the compartment under the seat or behind the carriage. This compartment was often called a "boot locker" then just "the boot" in the interest of slimming down the term. If the English roads were not so rugged during the era when these carriages came into circulation, you might be calling that particular compartment a "coat" or a "hat," or any other number of things one might store as he goes out on the town. Now consider "trunk." Trunk has many definitions as well, it can mean an elephant's trunk, a tree trunk, and so forth. But the etymology makes this reason quickly apparent. Trunk dates back to the 12th century Latin term "truncus," and later in 15th century France as "trunk," meaning "case or box." Even our friend the elephant's trunk is named after this original definition, not the other way around because one might store a severed elephant's trunk in a box that is attached to the back of a car. The English themselves adapted this term, accepting its definition as a box, only they applied it to medical terminology when referring to the torso region. In this regard they weren't misusing the word at all, because a torso is a generally squarish container for organs. But honestly, what makes more sense? Calling it "trunk," a compartment or case, or "boot," something you wear on your feet but also is a box to hold the things you wear on your feet. This is just one example, and in the end it doesn't really matter as long as the people around you know what you are talking about. We, as Americans, don't so much "pervert" the holy sanctity of the English language, which undergoes changes as frequently in England as it does here, but we don't feel the need to cling to confusing usage when plenty of other words do a better job. In England, I would call a trunk a boot because that's what people expect and understand. This wouldn't cause me throw a little tantrum about it, nor would the word "fanny" or some kid using the term "well" in front of every other descriptive term. We speak the same language as you do, only slightly modified to function better in our society, which is different. It's not hard to learn a handful of terms. If you expect people to talk and act exactly like you after traveling a thousand miles over an ocean maybe you should just stay home because you are clearly missing the point of travel and enjoying different cultures.

2016-05-23 02:18:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A to P in the Latin (Roman) Alphabet!

2007-01-09 17:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bart S 7 · 1 0

P, and yes I did have to say the alphabet outloud. :P

2007-01-09 17:10:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

p...no I didn't have to run through the whole alphabet...just lmno-q

2007-01-09 20:13:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

p

2007-01-09 17:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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