And the Letter of the Day is...

the letter G

The letter G is the seventh letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is gee (jē, IPA [dʒi:]). The letter G was created by the Romans because they felt that C was not an adequate letter to represent both /k/ and /g/. The recorded originator of the letter G is Spurius Carvilius Ruga, who taught around 230 BC.

Ever realise how the letter G is regularly used ? Like, in G-force, G-string, G-mail, G-spot *heh*, G Band...

There also appear to be a variety of ways to pronounce the letter G for example "Jee" (as in allergy) , "Jhui" (chinese version of it) or "Ghh" (as in groundnuts).

Even bands adopt the much-used letter like the bands G Unit, G4, Kenny G (oops, that's his name urp), and lesser known bands such as G Love And Special Sauce, G Matos Rodrigoez, G Spot and G-strings. Pardon me if you've heard of them, i havent and that's why i term them "lesser known" on this blog : )

In UK, there are even G Factor Finalists for a Godiva Festival. If you ask me, the only thing i know about Godiva is that they are one of the yummiest things alive. I mean, dead. Beats me what G Factor is. I've only heard of the F Factor, ie. Fear Factor : )

The letter G was also not left out in playing a part as one of the musical keys (being A to G), leading to a variety of classical compositions which involved the usage of this key, be it in the major or minor version. Examples (i have given everything back to the piano so don't even begin to ask me to recite the list of famous works by these composers) Beethoven's G major Piano Sonata, Mozart's Symphony in G Minor, JS Bach's Fantasy in G Minor, Tchaikovsky's Piano Sonata in G major, Haydn's Symphony No. 88 in G Major (im not making these up, okay) and so on and so forth.

If the letter G has Grown on you so much so that you thirst to know more (God forsake) about this mysterious alphabet, please click here.

Now, isn't that interesting ? And you thought it was just another frequently mis-pronounced letter ; )