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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Alphabet Soup? #27902 05/01/2001 12:18 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom rodward addict rodward addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom order of alphabet possibly purely arbitrary An additional question is when and why did it become necessary to impose an order, turning the set of letters into a particular sequence? Was it to provide a standard way of teaching, or to provide a standard order for inventories of some kind (early pigeon loft directories perhaps?) Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Alphabet Soup? Capital Kiwi 05/01/2001 9:45 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? tsuwm 05/01/2001 10:46 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? Faldage 05/01/2001 11:09 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? rodward 05/01/2001 12:18 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Bobyoungbalt 05/01/2001 8:03 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Jackie 05/01/2001 10:25 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Wherefore art thou, Nicholas? Max Quordlepleen 05/01/2001 10:56 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Wherefore art thou, Nicholas? NicholasW 05/02/2001 8:16 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? Wherefore art thou, Nicholas? slovovoi 05/02/2001 1:58 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Wherefore art thou, Nicholas? Faldage 05/02/2001 2:18 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Wherefore art thou, Nicholas? slovovoi 05/02/2001 4:24 PM Re: Extended ASCII for Ð, Þ, ð and þ Faldage 05/02/2001 4:46 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Wherefore art thou, Nicholas? Capital Kiwi 05/03/2001 10:07 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? Capital Kiwi 05/02/2001 12:18 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? Jackie 05/02/2001 1:32 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? tsuwm 05/01/2001 1:16 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? Faldage 05/01/2001 1:22 PM Re: Alphabet Soup? rodward 05/01/2001 11:28 AM Re: Alphabet Soup? Sparteye 05/02/2001 2:55 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,380 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,206 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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