The Alphabet

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

rehab’s boring, isn’t it…

or was this a parody of an alphabet?

0123456789

Why is it in that order? Is it because of that song?

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This is the alphabet:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

This is the alphabet on drugs:
QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM

So, I guess those are all the distinct characters you can make with a keyboard.

Oh, if you want to be technical, there’s this:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
The lowercase.
In my opinion it’s a derivative work that doesn’t stand on its own.

So this is the reason I offered him a regular column in Teemings?

I think your alphabetical piece doesn’t hold a candle to:

one two three FOUR five, six seven eight NINE ten, eleventwelve.

An expressive work that invokes a subliminal reaction in its iteration. It’s the difference between art and arty.

¦

I just found that one.

Ä

I don’t think that one counts since it’s just an A with with two periods on top of it.

Come to think of it, the semicolon doesn’t really coun’t either. It’s just paired periods.

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Ooooooh, the oft forgoten long S.

Hey, it didn’t work. Maybe this way:

f

I can’t beleive this bulletin board doesn’t support the long s. Sheesh.
Let’s see what else:

±

Is that a distinct character or just an underlined +? The latter, I think.

ñ

Oooooooooh.

Ahhhhhhh.

á

Wheeeee.

µ

Scylla, may I offer a gentle correction? A semicolon is a period paired with a comma, while a colon is two paired periods.

A semicolon looks like this --------> ;
A colon looks like this --------------> :
However, since we’re on the subject of symbolism, how about these?

à, è, ì, ò, ù
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù
á, é, í, ó, ú, ý
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý
â, ê, î, ô, û
Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û
ã, ñ, õ
Ã, Ñ, Õ
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ
Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ
å, Å
æ, Æ
œ, Œ
ç, Ç
ð, Ð
ø, Ø
¿
¡
ß
°
©
§
¦
¥
¤
£
¢
¡
Ÿ
œ
š


˜



"
"



|
ƒ





ˆ
Š

Œ
Ð
×
þ
I’m sure there are more, but I don’t really want to look them all up!

ß

How’d you find the long s?

say goodnight, Scylla