Why Q needs U and how hieroglyphics created our alphabet, with Danny Bate
Podcast: Grammar Girl (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Why Q needs U and how hieroglyphics created our alphabet, with Danny BatePub date: 2025-10-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization1125. This week, we talk with linguist and author Danny Bate about his book, "Why Q Needs U." We look at the ancient origins of our alphabet, tracing its conceptual leap from Egyptian hieroglyphs to symbols that represent sounds. Danny explains the "acrophonic principle" (one sound from a picture) and why the letter A was originally a…
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