"The Government is considering a possible reduction in the number of letters in the alphabet to an optimum 20. This would give better value than the current unwieldy 26 and also, by being easier to teach, help raise the standard of education." When the proposal was leaked there was onsternation in the ranks of the alphabet, not a million miles away from the effect of global warming on Big Business, with letters jostling for justification. Here, for the first time, the alphabet speaks out, making us privy to its hopes, its fears, it aspirations.
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