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 symbols 4,000 years ...

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of Ukraine, the letter Z — even though it is represented with a different sign in the Cyrillic alphabet — has popped up in curious ...

Russian military vehicle is pictured near the border with Ukraine in Crimea, Russia on Mar 2.Konstantin Mihalchevskiy—Sputnik/AP On March 5, Ukrainian gymnast Illia Kovtun stepped up to the podium at ...

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. But how did they get there, and why do they look the way they do? Michael Rosen tackles these questions and more in his new book Alphabetical. Nobody ...

Have your kids come home singing their ABCs to a familiar tune - but one that somehow sounds just a bit off? You're not imagining it: the alphabet song is changing. The original song most of us grew ...

What it's called: Eng. Who uses it: Many African languages (e.g., Bambara, Bemba, Dinka, Ewe, Ewondo, Fula, Ganda, Maasai, Nuer, Shilluk, Tuareg, Wolof), several ...

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 ...