spelling individual words alphabetically

The letter comes from Northern Semitic languages and its modern corollary is the Hebrew letter heth. It is spelled aitch, but the pronunciation of its name is. The letter H has a tricky spelling and pronunciation. Have you met these two extinct alphabet letters? Take a look! H – aitch Particularly in American slang, the spelled out name gee is used as an abbreviation for grand, in the sense of “thousand dollars.” With the exception of ef, the letter G is spelled like the other letters we have seen so far: gee. The spelled out name ef is occasionally used as an abbreviation for much saltier language. Like the letter B, dee originally had another name in the Phoenician alphabet: daleth. Like B and C, the letter D is spelled out with -ee: d-e-e. You might be picking up on a pattern here. The spelling cee might come in handy especially when writing about something “shaped or formed like the letter C,” as in she was curled in a cee, holding her pillow. It isn’t spelled with an S but a C: c-e-e. The spelling of the letter C might surprise you. Before it was bee, the letter B was part of the Phoenician alphabet and was known as beth. The plural is bees, like something you might find in a hive.

The letter B is spelled just like the insect: b-e-e. If you’ve always minded your p’s and q’s and know your letters to a tee, then you should head over to our quiz on how the letters of the alphabet are spelled. 🖋 Will our quiz on spelling spell victory for you?

Spelling individual words alphabetically