Category Archives: alphabet

“S“, like “U” and “C” is a kind of rocking horse letter without a firm base: always moving — a little evasive. Sometimes it’s Strong, Sometimes it’s Slithery-Shifty Now, if you ask Scribes who live on mountaintops they will Say … Continue reading →

“R” has to be a close relative of “P” and “Q”: it’s as if “P” and “Q” got married, and “R” is the result. The genetic theory, of course, is complicated, but it would appear that “P”‘s total genetic material … Continue reading →

“Q” is the surprise letter that seems to come from another tongue: most of the words in which it appears seem to have invited it and its bashful low-case “U” in for a quick drink. When do you see “Q” … Continue reading →