The modern Greek alphabet is missing some of the letters used in ancient times. What are these missing letters, and what happened to them?

Before using the current alphabet that has 28 letters, the Philippines had 4 sets of letters since the pre-colonial times MANILA, Philippines – Like many nations colonized by westerners, the ...

Switch between CA and NY editions here. G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess. That’s because many of our letters began as ...

The coolest letter in the alphabet: When we learn the letters of the English alphabet, we just remember them in order, from A to Z. But have you ever thought about whether some letters are just ...