THE English alphabet used to have extra letters that have been lost as centuries went by. While today our alphabet consists of 26 letters, the people of Middle Age Britain had an additional six cha… ...

The video explained that the 27th letter of the alphabet is "ampersand", as denoted by "&". "This is an ampersand and believe it or not it used to be the 27th letter in the alphabet, you see back ...

There's only one letter that Brits and Americans pronounce differently on either side of the pond. Here's the history of how we say "Z," and why.

The Military Alphabet During World War II. During World War II, the United States military used a modified version of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet (JANAP). This was adopted in 1941 and ...