There Was A Trivial Man...
...who led a trivial life.Why Ex Yay Zee. This is my contribution to society.
It all started with W. Phonetically: "double you". That's three syllables, right?
How many other letters in the English alphabet have three syllables? And how did U get a monopoly? I'm sure that I've scratched the surface of some vast conspiracy here, but I digress...
I'm changing the name of the letter W to "why". One syllable. And then to avoid confusion, changing the name of the letter Y to "yay". Why Ex Yay Zee.
See how it rolls off the tongue and with two fewer syllables for your poor, battered tongue to stumble over?
Just think of the countless hours wasted by having to teach kids those extra syllables. If time is money, this could save trillions!
I don't want much. Maybe a small statue erected in my honor...in Times Square!
You're welcome.
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Consider the alphabet phonetically (sing the ABC song). The names we give "ay" "bee" "see" etc. all have one syllable, right? That is until we get to W ("double you" "ex" "why" "zee").
So my idea is to rename W with a one syllable name. W+a vowel sound. Well, it turns out that I personally like the way "why" sounds for the new W but it's already taken by Y. Still with me?
So I decided to change Y ("why") to "Yay" to accommodate.
So now the last four letters of the alphabet will sound like this. "Why, Ex, Yay Zee". and two syllables lighter.
This is why marijuana should be used in moderation!
How many syllables are in Q?
Why do we write double Vs and call it double U?
Phonetically U and DOUBLE U has no connection. But V and W has.
Hi Badly.
I can say it in one syllable, Usha. Christopher Walken might make it a two syllable letter though.
I'm tellin' ya, that U has some politicians in it's back pocket. We owe it to all of the other monosyllabic letters to knock U down a notch by changing the "double U" to a "why".
Ok, enough of this. Now I feel like I'm beating a dead H.
Great idea but it won't catch on - at least not in the west - because it is in direct contrast with capitalism and then it is unlikely that the other lot would bother much with the English alphabet.
Capitalism is to spend more money, not to save more money.