The idea of having a country for every letter from A to Z seems fascinating, but the truth is surprising. Only one letter in ...

While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

One letter never appears in any U.S. state name. It’s not J, Z, or X. Here’s why Q was left out and how that happened. The ...

Roger was one of the first words for "R" in early aviation phonetic alphabets and came to mean "message received." ...

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Thanks for a successful rally I am writing to express my gratitude to the organizers and volunteers who made possible the No ...

Elon Musk's estranged daughter Vivian Wilson—who came out as transgender at age 16—playfully clapped back at someone asking ...

Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

A new musical about the literary child prodigy Barbara Follett, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances at age 25, ...

Throughout October, the Barbican in London is hosting Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages. It’s the first UK ...

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A-B-C-D-E-F-G ... This famous sequence of letters known to much of the world dates back to the 16th century BC. A fairly small group of traders and merchants known as ...