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Headline : The letter X: Marks the spot

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Tags : #letter #x #marks #spot


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The letter “X,” the 24th letter of the English alphabet, is something of a rebel.

A marker of the mysterious, the explicit, and the extraordinary, both a letter and a numeral—“X” is simply an unparalleled symbol (no pun intended).

On a test, it is a wrong answer, but at the bottom of a letter, it denotes affection. It means a strike in a bowling alley, a cancellation on a flight board, or an unsolved quantity in an equation.

In English, it is pronounced like a “Z” (“xylophone”) or “KS” (“fox”) or “GZ” (“exit”), or in borrowed forms, it sometimes becomes silent altogether (“faux pas”). With all this variation, it’s no wonder that the mutable letter is popular for branding, naming, and the labeling of discoveries.

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