Why is the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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All of you are familiar with the ABCs. It is one of the very first things that children are taught. Not only are they taught the letters that comprise the alphabet, but they are also, usually at the same time, taught the order of the alphabet. The order of the alphabet is something that is so ingrained that most of us usually don’t even think about it. Yet, if you think about it, the order of the letters is completely arbitrary, but if we didn’t have an order, our world would be very different. Learn more about why the alphabet is in alphabetical order on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of you are familiar with the ABCs. It's one of the very first things that most children are taught.
0:06.0	Not only are they taught the letters that compromise the alphabet, but they're also, usually at the same time, taught the order of the alphabet.
0:14.0	The order of the alphabet is something that is so ingrained that most of us really don't even think about it.
0:19.0	Yet, if you do think about it, the order of the letters are completely arbitrary.
0:23.6	But if we didn't have an order,
0:25.2	our world would be a very different place.
0:27.7	Learn more about why the alphabet is in alphabetical order
0:31.2	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:16.9	Ready to launch your business?
1:18.5	Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
1:21.7	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business
1:25.7	with easy customizable themes that let you build
1:28.4	your brand, marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that
1:33.0	actually save you time, from startups to scaleups, online, in person and on the go. Shopify's
1:39.3	made for entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.
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