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A Word in Your Ear: Analysing the Alphabet

A Word in Your Ear: Analysing the Alphabet

Update: 2025-09-22
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Professor Roly Sussex discusses the origins and uses of our 26 letters, and explains why we don't use a phonetic alphabet. 

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A Word in Your Ear: Analysing the Alphabet

A Word in Your Ear: Analysing the Alphabet

Australian Broadcasting Corporation