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minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink22•10 days ago Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one? Because some Phoenician jerk picked it arbitrarily about ten thousand years or so ago and it stuck.
minus-square@Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink9•9 days agoThose dang Arizonans are nothing but trouble, I tells ya…
minus-square@Grimpen@lemmy.calinkfedilink5•9 days agoBasically. 99 Percent Invisible did a podcast on this very topic: Episode 468 Alphabetical Order
Because some Phoenician jerk picked it arbitrarily about ten thousand years or so ago and it stuck.
Those dang Arizonans are nothing but trouble, I tells ya…
Thank god they make decent ice tea
Basically. 99 Percent Invisible did a podcast on this very topic: Episode 468 Alphabetical Order