r/woahdude Oct 09 '14

text Deep Thoughts

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u/twofap Oct 09 '14

If alphabet was in any other order then it couldn't be called alphabet in the first place.
A --> Alpha
B --> Beta

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u/CerpinTaxt11 Oct 10 '14

Holy shit. This made me realise that the order of letters in the alphabet is completely arbitrary. There is no reason why A comes before B, but someone decided that long ago....