Alphabet question

daniel peterman · 2005-12-21T03:17:16+00:00

I've had this question rattling around in my brain for a few years. Whyare the letters of our alphabet (english) in that particularorder...ABCDE etc?Was this just some arbitrary convention given edict by some king or popea zillion years ago?What got me thinking about it was I was once falsely accused of DUI andwas asked to say my ABC's. Don't sing them just recite the alphabetwhich I did just fine. Now what if I had given all 26 letters but in ajumbled up way without repeating any or I had recited a line of poetrythat had all the letters with no repeats?It appears that one can be arrested for simply rearranging the alphabet.What if I had asked the cop to give me Pi out to 16 decimal points?Could I assume he was intoxicated or just wanted a Donut instead ofPi(e).rant mode offDan