Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising history behind the order of the English alphabet ... (A, E, O, L) are ...

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 Egyptian hieroglyph ...

Korea's Hangeul writing system has won the gold medal at an international ... in a short period of time. "While 26 letters of the English alphabet can only express 300 or more sorts of sound ...

THE English alphabet used to have extra letters that have been lost ... Ethel, used to represent a short "e" sound, is a mix of an "o" and an "e". It's best described as like the "o" sound in ...