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A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

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  1. lynx97 · · focus · HN ↗
    Fun fact. You can see that W is kind of the oddball when looking at the Braille alphabet. XYZ used to align with MNO, until W was added as the 23th letter, which breaks the symmetry.

    ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚ (abcdefghij)

    ⠅⠇⠍⠝⠕⠏⠟⠗⠎⠞ (klmnopqrst)

    ⠥⠧⠺⠭⠽⠵ (uvwxyz)

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