Where Letters Come From
With the help of the Egyptians, Sumerians, and Phonecians, Jason Novak illustrates what characters in the alphabet originally represented:
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September 11th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
This is brilliant. Made me laugh and smile the whole way through. Thank you!
September 13th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Z was the road outta town
September 13th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
You need an agent to get this published. I collect Alphabet books and have not seen one like this. It’s great.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
I agree, I’d buy books of this for gifts. Please send me one!
September 15th, 2012 at 11:20 am
Jason Novak, you made me smile from A-Z. Thank you.
September 16th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Jason Novak – I’ve been a long time fan and now this-
Fabulous! Who knew we needed another alphabet book but YES!
September 21st, 2012 at 8:20 am
E actually makes sense — when you’re frightened you go “EEEEEEEEE!”
September 30th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
No solution for the mysterious Z?? …. ALIENS!
September 30th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
And here’s the proof:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R
It come from an egyptian hieroglyph.
But according to wikipedia, Zed represented “zayin” which means weapon…
October 1st, 2012 at 12:44 am
I’d definitely buy this as a book or POSTER …
October 1st, 2012 at 2:00 am
Z == snake, drunk.
October 1st, 2012 at 6:40 am
This was great. Now please explain the origin of all the characters used in Asian countries.
October 7th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Is it supposed to be factually incorrect?
October 31st, 2012 at 6:14 am
This is wonderful. Jason Novak is the man.