The Alphabets

According to a TEDTalk, a recent mania for English is driving the world nuts. Jay Walker reveals this in a TEDTalk that can be found here. This led me to a deeper search of the cause - English. Probing English took me back to it's basics - The Alphabets.

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Jay Walker shows how Chinese Kids practice English vigorously. This stunned me to the bone. Mandarin has over 3000 characters. 3000 as in three thousand. They leave that in search of an language that struggles with 26. 26 as in twenty-six. Jay Walker claims the reason is opportunity. I can relate. With English, the amount of opportunity is unfathomable now that technology is rising steeply and the US & other english speaing countries being the anchor.

But I want to take a different look on this. As i said before, probing English took me back to it's basics &emdash The Alphabets. I started thining about the alphabets and what they might mean. What does 'A' mean? What does 'B' mean? And so on. What is the hidden truth that lies behind this characters to make them this influential? This brought me to their applications.

The alphabets have become so dynamic so that they in themselves represent words; words that vary depending on the concept while the alphabet remains constant. One popular example is their application in Chatting and Texting. Let me show you some:

B - be, bee,
C - see
F - f**k
G - guy, gee
K - kilo
O - oh!
R - are
T - tee
U - you
Y - why
Z - sleep (the sleeping sound)

These exclude slangs or combinations. I have a hypothesis that with meticulous correlation, we could use a combination of 5 alphabets minimum to simulate the whole english dictionary. If you do not think this is true, click here to see some of the 2-letter combinations I use in Texting and Chatting.

There are 676 combinations of two letters. These are some of them (about 160) that apply to me which are closest to English. Some of you may have others that you use for other words in English. You may even have slangs that some two-letter combinations may simulate.

Talking about 3-letter strings, there are about 15600 combinations. Assuming a linear relation between the total number of combinations and the number of combinations that are actually used, and using the 2-letter combination as our only analysis, about 3692 3-letter combinations will mean something in English. By time we get to 5-letter combinations, we are looking at 7893600 distinct combinations. Assuming a linear relationship again as done for 3-letter combinations, about 1868307 words can be represented. This my friends is already larger than twice the english dictionary.

In conclusion, the alphabets alone introduce opportunity. They are the most basic form of language. Every other language or dialect depends on the English alphabets and their various accents (ie è, ü, ñ, á and lots more) to be written. The Elglish Alphabets themselves have the ability to be words, create words therefore creating a language and representing other languages. This is the reason. This is why English became such a force; because it is the most basic language derived from the gods of Language - The Alphabets.


ac - Air Conditioning; ad - Advertise, Advertising; ah;
ai - Artificial Intelligence, Alright; am - am; an - an;
ar - sometimes used as 'are'; as - as; at - at;
au - How; av - Have; aw - expression of compassion;
ax - Axe; ay - Hey; bd - Bad; be - be;
bf - Boyfriend, Best friend; bi - Bisexual;
bk - Back, Burger King; bm - BMW; bn - Bin, Been;
br - "With an additional 'b', this would read 'Be Right Back' ";
bt - Bit, Bet; bx - Bucks ($$); by; dd - Did
dg - Dig; dt - That; dy - Day; ew - "Expressing disgust";
ex - Exit; ey - Hey; ez - Easy; fr - For; ft - Feet; fv - Favorite;
fw - Forward; gd - Good; gf - Girlfriend; gk - Geek; gl - Girl;
go - go; gp - Gap; gs - Guess; gt - Get; gv - Give, Gave'
gy - Guy; ha - Laugh; hd - Head, Had; he; hg - Hug; hi;
hk - Hack; hp - health; hq - Headquarters; hr - Her;
hs - Hid; ht - Hit, Hat, Hurt; hu - Who; hv - Have; hw - How;
hy - Hey; hz - Has; ic - I see; id - I could, I would
ie - That is; if; il - Ill, Sick, Cool; im - I am; in;
io - I don't (this is a variation of 'iono' - "I don't know");
iv - I have; jk - Joke, I joke; jr - Junior; lt - Let; lv - Love; ly - Lie;
ma - Mother, My; mc - MC, Mac; me; mk - Make, Mark; mn - Man, Morning;
mo - More; mr - Mister; ms - Miss; mt - Mountain; mv - Move, Movie;
mx - Maxinum; my; ng - Nag; nh - Nice Hand; nm - Nothing much;
nn - Nothing; no; np - No problem; nt - Not; nu - New; nw - Now;
ny - Any; of; oh; oi; ok - Okay; on; oo; op - Operation, Operate; or;
os - Operating System; ow - Ouch!; pj - Pyjamas; pk - Pick; rd - Read;
rf - Referee; rv - Rev, Reverend; rw - Raw; sd - Said; sn - Soon; so;
st - Street; tc - Take Care; tk - Take Care; tm - Tomorrow; tn - Tonight;
to; tp - Transport; tt - Teeth, Tit,; tv - Television; tx - Thanks; ty - Thank you;
uc - You see; uk - United Kingdom; up; ur - Your; us; vw - View;
vx - Vex; wc; wd - Weed; we; wk - Week; wl - Will; wn - Win, Won;
wr - Wear, War; ws - Was; wt - What; wv - Wave; wx - Wax;
xl - Extra large; xm - Examination; xs - Extra Small;
xt - Extern, External; xx - Explicit content; ya - Yeah; yb - Why be;
yr - Year; ys - Yes; yt - Yet; yu - You; yv - Why have; zz - sleep