CULTURE/SOCIETY: The Great Letter Debate

This is copied from a web site I highly recommend - Random Lists of Things. I find it quite entertaining, very interesting, and sometimes very humorous. I love the way B can boil so many aspects of life to a list.

One person wrote this about B's blog: Your blog is like if David Letterman and Jon Stewart had a baby, dropped it on its head, and then let it be raised by 20 ADHD-addled agency people.

7 overrated letters.
1. I
2. X
3. Z
4. C
5. love
6. fan
7. sometimes mr. y

OlderMusicGeek said...
"Love" and "fan" are great inclusions, but why "c"? Not that I have a great love for it. Actually, I like ones like x and j, that are kinda funky.

B said...
I think that "K" or "S" can do the work of "C". Now that I think about it, "Z" and "X" can't be on the same list. Therefore, I say only "X" is overrated.

OlderMusicGeek said...
But there's just something cool and wild about the letter. It's more than just k and s combined. Extreme sports and x-rated movies wouldn't be the same!

B said...
Okay I said C was over rated because S and K can do its work.
X is over rated because so many other letters can do its work:
For example SEKS, I just spelled sex without an X. Z can't be overrated because it's the last letter of the alphabet.
Good Lord, I can't believe I'm having this debate and not writing the two papers that are due in a few hours.

OlderMusicGeek said...
Yeah, but "seks" suks. It doesn't even look erotic. X is cool! Face it. Join the X-Men!

20 "whitest" names given to girls born in California in the 1990s.
7. Katelyn
13. Katherine
14. Caitlin
15. Kaitlin
18. Kaitlyn
20. Kathryn
Source: Slate Magazine

I don't think spelling should really matter unless the parent spells it a really wacky spelling. For example Catherine and Katherine and Katheryn should all count as one. However, K'aathryine is a completely different story (and chances are that this kid is black. We blacks get all crazy with the alphabet/apostrophes . White people on the other hand, are fond of making turning Cs into Ks [and vice versa], Ys into Is [vice versa]...).

20 "blackest" names given to boys born in California in the 1990s.
17. Xavier

OlderMusicGeek said...
Please note which letter name #17 starts with.

B said...
Yeah, but it can be spelled Ekzavier. And remember when I said black people love the crazy spellings of names.

OlderMusicGeek said...
Yeah, but they spell it with a X, because Ekzavier looks East European.

14 signs of a good night on the town.
14. You don't have to come up with a good excuse for asking your parents to contact the US Embassy in country X, to help you get back home.

OlderMusicGeek said...
Wait! Which country was that?

B said...
No country. I just hear urban legends of students abroad getting busted and sent to jail. What was the name of that caning dude from a few years ago?

OlderMusicGeek said...
Face it! It was country X!!!! Yes, YOU used country X!

...and the debate goes on!

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