I was preparing for a new venture to my photo blog, an ABC Challenge. Each day, a photo would be posted referencing a different letter of the alphabet, from A to Z.
I looked at a calendar and began counting out the letters to see where each would fall. I figured if I started on the 4th of the month (the month in question being March), 'zee' would end on the 31st ..... or so I concluded."Ay ... Bee ... See ... Dea** ... Eee ... Eff ... Gee ... Aychuh ... Eye ... Jay ... Kay ... El ... Em ... En ... Oh ... Pea ... Khyou ... Are ... Ess ... Tea ... You ... Vee ... Double-you ... Ecks ... Why ... Zee"
Waitaminnit. That didn't work. 'Zee' landed on the 29th, not the 31st! How could that be?
I counted again. Same result.
I looked at the calendar once more. I subtracted 4 from 29, getting 25, realizing one letter had to be added in order to accommodate my starting point. That meant there were 26*** letters in the alphabet.
That couldn't be right. Everyone knows there are 28 letters in the alphabet.**** So why was the count not ending on the final day in March, the 31st ... ?!?!?
I pondered this over and over and over again, ultimately coming to the same conclusion each and every time.
I was perplexed.
Until ..... I counted the letters of the alphabet out loud to myself.
I mentally slapped the side my head, exasperated.
Can someone please tell me when the world changed the alphabet from 28 to 26 letters ... ???*****
* My mind, anyway
** Short for 'Deanna'
*** News flash!
**** Apparently not
***** Must've been sleeping that day
..................... Ruprecht ( STOP )
