The Letter Linguists Say We Should KILL 📝

July 7th, 2026

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The English alphabet has 26 letters. One of them has no sound that isn't already covered by others, wasn't part of the original alphabet, and has been marked for removal by linguists for centuries. It's still there. And the reason why says something strange about how language actually works.