I have often wondered this: where did alphabetical order originate? Why is ‘m’ before ‘n’, instead of ‘a’ or ‘r’, for instance?
Any ideas?
It’s a long story… Some of it is discussed in your neighbourly thread Alphabetical Order, that was started just a few hours ago.
Normally we harass people who don’t search the archive, but as a newbie we cut you some slack.
Let’s diverge any discussion on alphabetic origins to that thread tough.
There’s a link to a very nifty graphic in that other thread. Do have a look!
Doh…I did search the archive, but obviously didn’t do a good enough job of it.
I’ll check the next thread, thanks! 
[Steven Wright]
Why is the alphabet in that order?
You think it’s because of that song?
[/Steven Wright]
Since this is already being discussed in Alphabetical Order, I’ll close this thread.
Thanks, Popup.
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