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[black king]

Inspired by my latest post in the MGS Quote thread comes a new series:

BK's Fun Facts: Part 1 
Category: Language

Did you know that English had 27 letters once? It's still hiding in the alphabet song too. It's the letter: &

Yes the ampersand was the 27th letter for a while. It was after Z and in the song would be "W,X,Y,Z, and per se and" which would evolve into calling the symbol the ampersand. Now it hides between the last two "W,X,Y, & Z". 

I'm sure Maxine is thrilled though, giving how long she works on Wordle puzzles the last thing she'd want is yet another letter. 

Speaking of the alphabet this leads me to...


BK's Fun Facts: Part 2
Category: Language

Do you know which letter is the most recently added to English? Not Z at the end, but actually J! It was added and made distinct from I in the 1500s. You can see remnants of this in old writings and in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Indy has to spell the name of God, being Jehova, to reach the grail. The trial was in Latin, so the name of God was actually Iehovah. Makes you wonder how J was even an option when it hadn't been conceived yet huh?

Please join me next time for BK's Fun Facts!