How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part Two: Each Letter Has A Story

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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How did the English alphabet -- a strange agglomeration of curved and straight-lined symbols -- become a thing? In the second part of this special two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the messy evolution of modern English, with a special shoutout to each letter of the current alphabet and a more than a little speculation about the future of written communication. ProTip: this is going to be hilarious a century or so from when we record it.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:28.0	Fellow ridiculous historians, thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:33.6	This is the second part of our episode on the weird, weird story of how the modern English alphabet became a thing.
0:45.3	So on a personal message, I owe you.
0:48.6	And sometimes why are you owe me.
0:53.6	I'm just kidding. We owe each other the world. Yes, it's true. I'm kidding.
0:54.3	We owe each other the world.
0:55.9	Yes, it's true.
0:56.6	And that's our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:59.6	That's the main man, our pal, Mr. Noel Brown.
1:04.6	Hello.
1:05.3	They call me Ben Bowlin in many parts of the world.
1:09.1	And no, for anybody who is tuning in now, what did we learn in our previous exploration of
1:17.8	the English alphabet?
1:19.2	Oh, boy, where to even start.
1:21.3	We learned that Chaucer was a saucy boy.
1:25.8	He liked butts and talking funny.
1:29.4	And we learned that Max has a real talent for voice acting.
1:33.2	Those are my two major takeaways.
1:35.4	Mm-hmm.
1:36.0	Yeah, and those are great things to take away from the first episode
1:41.5	and to take with us in the second episode.
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