Which letter was removed from the English alphabet?
Correct answer: Ampersand (&)
Lady V
I had to look it up after reading the comments, there's actually quite a few articles about this. I thought it was interesting, i love this trivia game. We learn something every day!
Belugas&PolarBears
Ironically, we do include it when we sing or say the alphabet in order.. W, X, Y "AND" Z
Ziela1313
This is cool! Never knew!
LoneWolf21C
it became ampersand because at the end of the alphabet you had to say "and per se and which became corrupted to ampersand
matizimo
MatteusMaximus, Merriam Webster comfirms this information. Also, I had heard it recently on a program on NPR which was citing sources that had it listed out for children's recitations of the alphabet before the ampersand was removed.
AwesomeAnnie7
in 62 years, I have never heard this.
Tincantitan1
MatteusMaximus, according to dictionary.com the '&' used to be in the alphabet but wasn't actually called ampersand at the time
Ratfungus
money talks, I am from Scotland and the & symbol is used extensively in business
Player #2618562
Interesting! I didn’t know that until now. Thanks.
YaYaYaaaYaaaaYay
I never knew that
LJ
Not a letter, as far as I know.
Samantha
Player #7106191, I thought it just meant at. Thanks!
Rupert
Starting the alphabet by saying,
“-and ABC DEFG…” makes freaking sense to me…
That’s why most of the languages stem from Latin, “dang rite merca bits, Yo No?”lol😝😉
Ariana Maya
Belugas&PolarBears, indeed
Chris
i remember my mother telling me she would end the alphabet song like "w,x,y,z and per se and...now....."
Republic of China
There is a YouTube Video about it and also about some words that was once part of the Alphabet... Btw you can just say "W, X, Y, Z" instead of "W, X, Y "AND" Z"
TMe
smartdonkey, and what are those letters &😉 where would they be used?
sweet candy 🍬
You & i😁
Neka
Belugas&PolarBears, that is true X, Y "and", Z. it have a nice ring to it
Player #4992396
I love english found out my ancestor was a lexicon and translated Hebrew to English for Henry 8th. or his son James for the king james holy bible.
TawneyKB
Lady V, YES!!! I AGREE!!!👏👏👏
Player #41199931
Every question is a way to new information
Destynee Everly
Wow! That’s very interesting because I didn’t think anyone would have their name beginning with the letter “&” can’t imagine the name “&anda”
Joe
VividPotion6704, Not really. In permanent use since Roman times in most western languages. In Shakespeare's handwritten plays you'd probably have found it a lot. But you are right, the name for &, Ampersand, is not that old.
Tab5
Tom W, I didn't know that, either. Thanks for sharing!
Tab5
Player #7106191, cool! Thank you for sharing that. I didn't know that, either.
Toffs
What a mine of information here, we have some real boffins!
Chilled Tea
Belugas&PolarBears, LOL! I usually use it when I’m too lazy to use AND, & now I’m using it
Niño016
Belugas&PolarBears, and if they recited it that way, maybe they could have considered keeping this as a character, but we'll never know. i don't think other languages have "and" as a letter, so yeah.
prajan
very useful game.... came to know many new things day by day
ZiaLee
Belugas&PolarBears, true...so cool!
TT
very interesting, what I found funny is that in spanish we're sort of saying it in the alphaabet since the letter Y is also a word itself which means 'and' XYZ...
Fun guy
'et' is 'and' in French.
Febie
omg I'm wrong. haha
Grandviewgirl66
Lady V, I love it, too!
Hugo
I answered correctly this question without using help of the game, but didn't know the story behind this old Roman letter & !!!
One of the best questions in the wonderful game!
Player #26566131
we use it everyday while writing, especially when we write fast
Grumpyguts
Ratfungus, as in Jack & Victor 😜
JR. Gee
im learning historical facts right on here
Player Elf Council
Belugas&PolarBears, Not when I was a child. Oh. and by the way, if you say the alphabet backwards it rhymes.