# Peeved about misuse of Alternative Alphabets?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeved-about-misuse-of-alternative-alphabets/303857>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 14, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeved-about-misuse-of-alternative-alphabets/303857 "2005-05-14T20:23:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeved-about-misuse-of-alternative-alphabets/303857/21 "2005-05-16T22:03:41Z")

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The Doper name of **Exapno Mapcase** comes from an overly literal pronunciation of Cyrillic misread as Roman. It’s the name of XAPnO MAPKC (Kharpo Marks).

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