https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1069:_Alphabet&feed=atom&action=history1069: Alphabet - Revision history2024-03-28T15:30:22ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1069:_Alphabet&diff=316708&oldid=prev172.71.214.198: /* Explanation */2023-07-01T13:18:22Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This comic is mainly a joke on the traditional {{w|pick-up line}} that goes: "Baby, if I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put 'U' and 'I' together", <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">i.e. </del>"you and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I</del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, or "the letter U and the letter </del>I".</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This comic is mainly a joke on the traditional {{w|pick-up line}} that goes: "Baby, if I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put 'U' and 'I' together", <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">taking advantage of the letters being pronounced identically to the pronouns </ins>"you<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>and "I".</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, in typical [[xkcd]] fashion, rather than continuing with that tired pickup line, addressed at [[Blondie]] at the bar, [[Cueball]] jumps at his hypothetical chance to rearrange the alphabet and fix the {{w|English orthography}}.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, in typical [[xkcd]] fashion, rather than continuing with that tired pickup line, addressed at [[Blondie]] at the bar, [[Cueball]] jumps at his hypothetical chance to rearrange the alphabet and fix the {{w|English orthography}}.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An {{w|orthography}} is a standardized system for using a particular {{w|writing}} system (script) to write a particular language, including rules of spelling. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </del>English orthography <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">happens </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be one of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deepest (that is, most irregular) ones around, since almost every sound can be spelled in several ways, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">most spellings </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all letters can </del>be <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pronounced in more than one way, and often in many </del>different <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ways</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Unsurprisingly, {{w|English-language spelling reform}} has been a common topic of discussion over the years.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An {{w|orthography}} is a standardized system for using a particular {{w|writing}} system (script) to write a particular language, including rules of spelling. English orthography <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is rather infamous for being rather complicated, due </ins>to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tendency to adopt words from other languages - each with their own incompatible orthographies - wholesale </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">keeping both the spelling </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the pronunciation, hence the English "system" might better </ins>be <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">described as a Frankenstein mix of multiple </ins>different <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orthographies</ins>. Unsurprisingly, {{w|English-language spelling reform}} has been a common topic of discussion over the years.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>So faced with this opportunity, the hooking up could wait. Restructuring the alphabet and creating a sensibly regular English spelling is the chance of a lifetime, and would make history, making Cueball immortal in the sense of living on forever in memory, as the alphabet-fixer.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>So faced with this opportunity, the hooking up could wait. Restructuring the alphabet and creating a sensibly regular English spelling is the chance of a lifetime, and would make history, making Cueball immortal in the sense of living on forever in memory, as the alphabet-fixer.</div></td></tr>
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Combined with an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</del>h<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' </del>it usually makes the {{w|Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate|'ch'-sound}} in ''chair'', <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but also they often sound like </del>'k' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>''character''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">), and in not too </del>few cases they even make <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>{{w|Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant|'sh'-sound}} <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>like ''champagne''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Words_with_the_letters_ch_that_sound_like_sh see more examples here]). So a reasonable change Cueball might make is to replace <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</del>c<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' by '</del>k<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' </del>or <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</del>s<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">', </del>and keep <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</del>c<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' </del>only followed by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</del>h<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' (</del>or even <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">giving '</del>c<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' the current sound of 'ch' </del>as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in ''chair'' or giving </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">role of </del>'ch' as in ''chair<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' to 'kh', spelling 'khair')</del>''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the title text Cueball muses on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">limits of his newfound grant</ins>. Does he get to remove letters entirely or just rearrange them (like putting U and I together)? Then he mentions "the 'k/c' situation" specifically because that "situation is ridiculous". This is about the use of the letter <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><nowiki><</ins>c<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></nowiki> which </ins>doesn't have a unique sound <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on its own</ins>, most often <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">representing </ins>a {{w|Voiceless velar stop|'k'-sound}} or an {{w|Voiceless alveolar sibilant|'s'-sound}}. Combined with an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><nowiki><</ins>h<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></nowiki> </ins>it usually makes the {{w|Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate|'ch'-sound}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </ins>in ''chair'', <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">although sometimes it might simply make </ins>'k'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, such as in </ins>''character''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. In more than a </ins>few cases they even make <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </ins>{{w|Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant|'sh'-sound}} like <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>''champagne''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </ins>[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Words_with_the_letters_ch_that_sound_like_sh see more examples here]). So a reasonable change Cueball might make is to replace <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><nowiki><</ins>c<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">> with <</ins>k<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">> </ins>or <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>s<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">> </ins>and keep <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>c<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">> </ins>only followed by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>h<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></nowiki>, </ins>or <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perhaps </ins>even <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">making <nowiki><</ins>c<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></nowiki> on its own pronounced </ins>as the 'ch' as in ''chair''.</div></td></tr>
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</table>172.71.214.198https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1069:_Alphabet&diff=316396&oldid=prev172.71.250.144: /* Explanation */ added reference to 2794: Alphabet Notes2023-06-27T14:31:25Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation: </span> added reference to 2794: Alphabet Notes</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, in typical [[xkcd]] fashion, rather than continuing with that tired pickup line, addressed at [[Blondie]] at the bar, [[Cueball]] jumps at his hypothetical chance to rearrange the alphabet and fix the {{w|English orthography}}.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, in typical [[xkcd]] fashion, rather than continuing with that tired pickup line, addressed at [[Blondie]] at the bar, [[Cueball]] jumps at his hypothetical chance to rearrange the alphabet and fix the {{w|English orthography}}.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An {{w|orthography}} is a standardized system for using a particular {{w|writing}} system (script) to write a particular language, including rules of spelling. The English orthography happens to be one of the deepest (that is, most irregular) ones around, since almost every sound can be spelled in several ways, and most spellings and all letters can be pronounced in more than one way, and often in many different ways.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An {{w|orthography}} is a standardized system for using a particular {{w|writing}} system (script) to write a particular language, including rules of spelling. The English orthography happens to be one of the deepest (that is, most irregular) ones around, since almost every sound can be spelled in several ways, and most spellings and all letters can be pronounced in more than one way, and often in many different ways<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  Unsurprisingly, {{w|English-language spelling reform}} has been a common topic of discussion over the years</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>So faced with this opportunity, the hooking up could wait. Restructuring the alphabet and creating a sensibly regular English spelling is the chance of a lifetime, and would make history, making Cueball immortal in the sense of living on forever in memory, as the alphabet-fixer.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>So faced with this opportunity, the hooking up could wait. Restructuring the alphabet and creating a sensibly regular English spelling is the chance of a lifetime, and would make history, making Cueball immortal in the sense of living on forever in memory, as the alphabet-fixer.</div></td></tr>
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