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[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 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.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Those dang Arizonans are nothing but trouble, I tells ya..

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Thank god they make decent ice tea

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Basically. 99 Percent Invisible did a podcast on this very topic: Episode 468 Alphabetical Order

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025

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