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Thursday, June 9, 2022

The ABCs of ABCs Factoid #314: Letters & Junctures



     The ratio 
of 
letters to junctures 
in the Anglo-American 
sans-serif alphabet 
is 26 to 39 or 2:3 -- 
26 letters to 39 junctures. 

The 12+ Dames of Xmas #1 Anna Paar aka Trish Sheena Payertree

(Portrait currently unavailable;

watch this space.)

The 12+ Dames of Xmas #2 "Turtle" Duffs

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #3 Fran Chentz

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #4 Cal Inga Bertz

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #5 Golde Rhynx

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #6 Geisha Layne

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #7 Zwanzas Women

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #9 and #8 Lady Stanzing and Mae d'Zamelkin

 


The 12+ Days of Xmas #10 Lourdes Leigh-Penn

 


The 12+ Dames of Xmas #11 Piper Spighpinn


 

The 12+ Dames of Xmas #12 d'Rumer Strewmin

 


White Hole


 

Henri Matissue

 


Raj-ma-taj










Maj. Malcolm McBussell,

with Jack, his Jack Russell

One Fine Day in Handustan

 





Meet Suleiman
of Handustan.
Sul's Baron of
the Caravan.
Sul's caftan's 
amaranth and tan.

Sul gave up flan
for Ramadan.
The clan Sul ran
ran Isfahan.
Need Taliban...?
Then Sul's your man.

Drumpf's Muslim ban...?
Sul's not a fan.
"There's no such plan
in Sul's Qu'ran."
(Best not to pan
the Suleiman.)

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