It also removes the “and” in between “Y” and “Z,” eliminating the confusion about an extra letter ... W (pause) X-Y-Z / Now I never will forget / how to say the alphabet NYPost Photo ...

You can also spell every number up to 1,000 without another common letter. Benjamin Franklin reportedly wanted to banish C from the alphabet—along with J, Q, W, and X—and replace them with six ...

By year 1011, the order that we know today was largely in place — excluding “J,” “U,” “W” — but there were 29 letters, including the ampersand. The alphabet we know today takes its ...