208 || QWERTY, FLIRTY, AND THRIVING || ALPHABETS, PART II
Rhiannon follows up last week’s discussion of the history of alphabets with an investigation of alphabetical order. We consider various keyboard layouts, the rise of emojis, and Rhiannon’s favorite book: the dictionary. We answer listener questions and (finally…) embark upon the season’s first rabbit hole.
This podcast is produced and edited by me, Rhiannon. Music written and performed by our resident noisemaker, Tay Clarke. Find the show online at www.thatsnicepod.com, or follow our Instagram, @thatsnicepod.
SOURCE MATERIAL***Recommendation of the Week***

• https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english?language=en

***Alphabetical Order***

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/history-of-alphabetical-order-a-to-z/12320808
• https://beyond.britannica.com/who-put-the-alphabet-in-alphabetical-order
• https://decisionslab.unl.edu/pubs/stevens_duque_2018_SM.pdf
• https://www.dictionary.com/e/abcsong/
• https://time.com/5904883/alphabetical-order-history/

***Dictionaries***

• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/08/the-draconian-dictionary-is-back/566660/
• https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/the-history-and-significance-of-dictionaries
• https://list-english.ru/img/newpdf/dictpdf/6.pdf
• https://public.oed.com/history/

***Keyboard Layouts***

• https://blogs.bellevue.edu/library/index.php/2019/03/a-brief-history-and-overview-of-common-keyboard-layouts/
• https://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/typing-through-time-the-history-of-the-keyboard/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52483/6-non-qwerty-keyboard-layouts
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/

***Emojis***

• https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/linguists-emojis/#:~:text=Emojis%2C%20unlike%20other%20languages%2C%20don,mean%20they%20aren't%20important.
• https://www.bluedropstudio.com/post/the-history-of-emoji-in-5-minutes
• https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-long-battle-against-racism-and-sexism-in-emoji
• https://emojitimeline.com/
• https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/may/27/emoji-language-dragging-us-back-to-the-dark-ages-yellow-smiley-face
• https://medium.com/@heytory/emojis-the-complete-history-6dc81a330144
• https://phys.org/news/2017-05-linguistic-emojis.html

***Etymology***

• https://www.etymonline.com/word/emoji#etymonline_v_53354
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/emoticon?ref=etymonline_crossreference
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/emotion?ref=etymonline_crossreference
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/ex-?ref=etymonline_crossreference
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/affray#etymonline_v_5204
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/*pri-?ref=etymonline_crossreference
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/filibuster?ref=etymonline_crossreference
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/freebooter?ref=etymonline_crossreference

***Listener Questions***

• http://www.thai-language.com/ref/breaking-words
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case

***Rabbit Hole***

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_and_Mc_together
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_electrical_and_electronic_engineering
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Street_Station
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_Fair
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Coke
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut#Holes
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_meeting
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterurbanization
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_keyboard
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(alphabet)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet