Plutarch, in Moralia, presents a discussion on why the letter alpha stands first in the alphabet.

The 21 consonant letters in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y: The letter Y stands for the consonant in " yoke ", the vowel in " myth " and the vowel in " funny ", and " yummy " for both consonant and vowel, for examples ; W almost always represents a consonant except in rare words ( mostly loanwords from Welsh ) like " crwth " " cwm ".

The letter “ d ”, which stands for penny, is derived from the Latin name of the Roman coin, the denarius.

The first letter ( in boldtype ) of each word in the above mnemonic stands for the following:

The title of the act is a ten letter backronym ( USA PATRIOT ) that stands for Uniting ( and ) Strengthening America ( by ) Providing Appropriate Tools Required ( to ) Intercept ( and ) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

* spelling alphabet: a set of words used instead of alphabetic letters in radio communication ; each word stands for its initial letter

The publications of the latter are usually abbreviated to Q1, Q2, etc., where the letter stands for " quarto " and the number for the first, secord, or third edition published.

Traditionally, the signature of the monarch includes their regnal name but not ordinal, followed by the letter R, which stands for rex or regina ( Latin for king and queen, respectively ).

In algebraic notation, the usual modern way of recording chess games, the letter N stands for the knight ( K is reserved for the king ); in descriptive chess notation, Kt is sometimes used instead, mainly in older literature.

By 1919, the year he founded the British Psychoanalytical Society, Jones could report proudly to Freud that psychoanalysis in Britain “ stands in the forefront of medical, literary and psychological interest ” ( letter 27 January 1919 ( Paskauskas 1993 )).

" Another name mentioned is Afghania where the initial " A " in Choudhary Rahmat Ali Khan's theory stated in the " Now or Never " pamphlet stands for the second letter in " Pakistan ".

The large shape in the middle is the letter C, which stands for Canada, and the radiating parts of the C symbolize broadcasting.

The M letter stands for Molotovets (' of Molotov's fame '), it was the origin of the car's nickname, M ' ka ( Эмка ).

( The letter L stands for a long wheelbase, because most models are available in two wheelbase variants.

A letter to the sports editor of The New York Times claimed, " There are three reasons why the wave caught on at Michigan Wolverine games: It gave the fans something to do when the team was leading its opponent by 40 points, it was thrilling and exciting to see 105, 000 people in the stands moving and cheering, and Bo Schembechler asked us not to do it.

According to records displayed in the church, the letter writer also added disapprovingly that, " The Steeple house Belaugh St Peter stands high, perked like one of the idolatrous high places of Israel ".

The letter is for sale, and Ong himself, whom Howard had believed to be impeccable, stands to receive a substantial cut of the price.

", which, according to a letter Parker wrote to Sir William Cecil, stands for William Alley, Bishop of Exeter.

The most distinguishing letter in the Estonian alphabet, however, is the Õ ( O with tilde ), which was added to the alphabet in the 19th century by Otto Wilhelm Masing and stands for the vowel.

The ball bigger than him has the black letter " M " ( which stands for Magorium ) on it and when he touches it with his pointing fingertip, it rolls amongst him and when the door is sealed, he gets squished by the ball he touched.

The traditional symbol for the universal quantifier is "∀", an inverted letter " A ", which stands for " for all " or " all ".

The corresponding symbol for the existential quantifier is "∃", a rotated letter " E ", which stands for " there exists " or " exists ".

Ê stands for the long sound of " e " ( namely, ) when that letter appears before " l ", " n ", and " r ", and is also used to distinguish certain word pairs, e. g. gem ( gem ) and gêm ( game ).

Established first as Camp Springs Army Air Field, Andrews ' history began 25 August 1941, the day President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a letter to the secretary of war directing the use of the land on which the base now stands.

An accompanying sympathetic letter explained that inside the envelope was a name for Mrs. Coolidge's first granddaughter.

The result was that I found myself in the ridiculous position of having made a formal engagement by letter for the next week, only two days before my departure from London.

It need hardly be remarked that Thompson was not generally known for his scrupulosity about keeping his social engagements, which makes his irritation in this letter all the more significant.

She ended her letter with the assurance that she considered his friendship for her daughter and herself to be an honor, from which she could not part `` without still more pain ''.

And Pike never did find out if Robinson was really responsible for the `` Vale '' letter.

In Europe, Premier Clemenceau, showing his animal proclivities as the `` Tiger of France '', asked Pershing by letter for the creation of special houses where the sexual desires of American men could be satisfied.

When Quiney and William Parsons wrote to Greville in 1593 asking his consent in the election for bailiff, they sent the letter to Mr. William Sawnders, attendant on the worshipful Mr. Thomas Bushell at Marston.

In his letter mentioning Shakespeare on January 24, 1597/8, Sturley asked Quiney especially that `` theare might ( be ) bi Sir Ed. Grev. some meanes made to the Knightes of the Parliament for an ease and discharge of such taxes and subsedies wherewith our towne is like to be charged, and I assure u I am in great feare and doubte bi no meanes hable to paie.

Richard Quiney the younger, a schoolboy of eleven, wrote a letter in Latin asking his father to buy copybooks ( `` chartaceos libellos ) '' ) for him and his brother.

Perhaps, in that short piece or letter written to Hartlib in which he sketched his scheme for educating young men, he merely overlooked that phase of their exercises.

Juanita drooped about the place, wearing a haunted, brooding look, which Kate attributed to the baby's death, until the day a letter came for her addressed to `` Miss Juanita Fitzroy '', bearing a Grafton postmark.

Kate tried to contain her curiosity and foreboding at what the letter portended, at what involvement existed for Juanita.

I lived to see an envelope of hers in the morning mail and to lock myself in my room in the afternoon to reread her letter for the tenth time and finally prepare an answer.

When in one letter Jessica informed me that her father did not like the idea of her going out alone on New Year's Eve, I knew for a moment an immense relief ; ;

You may apply for such an extension by filing Form 2688, Application For Extension Of Time To File, with the District Director of Internal Revenue for your district, or you may make your application in a letter.

Follow pool-care instructions to the letter, and be sure that one person ( in the family or not ) is regularly responsible for each aspect of the job, with no chance for claiming, `` It wasn't my turn ''.

At the end of its letter was the information that applicants for this position `` must also be prepared to teach costume design and advertising art ''.

Another less ambiguous case read as follows: `` The bearer of this letter has served me for two years to his complete satisfaction.

After Gagarin became the Greatest Man in the World, for a nation that does not believe in the cult of personality or in careerism, Moreland wrote me a letter in which he said: `` I am not interested in how long a bee can live in a vacuum, or how far it can fly.

Each letter contained a postage-prepaid return envelope by regular mail for addresses in the Pacific Northwest, and by airmail for those outside the Pacific Northwest.

In her letter to John Brown, `` E. B. '', the Quakeress from Newport, had suggested that the American people owed more honor to John Brown for seeking to free the slaves than they did to George Washington.

Those whom I wish to address with this letter are for the most part unknown to me.