THE ACTIVE LETTER "S."
What letter would one suppose, after giving the matter a moment's consideration. commences the spelling jpf , of the words in the English tongue Ihe lexicographers of the "New English Dictionary" found that it was the S Thev discovered that upward of 50,000 words begin with that letter; and an f'"i're vo'ume of the new dictionary is devoted to it. At the other extreme is the humble "Z" and there are more than 200 words beginning with it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 7 (Supplement)
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81THE ACTIVE LETTER "S." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 7 (Supplement)
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