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Analysing the Alphabet

A Word in Your Ear by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sep 22, 20250:27:37Education

Professor Roly Sussex discusses the origins and uses of our 26 letters, and explains why we don't use a phonetic alphabet.

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Analysing the Alphabet is an episode from A Word in Your Ear by Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Professor Roly Sussex discusses the origins and uses of our 26 letters, and explains why we don't use a phonetic alphabet. The episode was...

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Published Sep 22, 2025, 0:27:37 long, audio available.

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Professor Roly Sussex discusses the origins and uses of our 26 letters, and explains why we don't use a phonetic alphabet.

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Published Sep 22, 2025 and 0:27:37 long