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The Devil’s Dictionary X™

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The Devil’s Dictionary X™

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Y
The letter “Y” was introduced to our alphabet by two early English speaking existentialists and a linguist. The linguist suggested that it might be useful to have a letter which apart from making the sound of a previously unheard of consonant, would also serve to sound like either of two established vowels. One existentialist said, “Why?” The other one said, “Why not?”