In English however, instead of a rounded "o" sound it made a long "e" sound, such as in the word subpoena/subpœna. Much like Ash, it eventually was split into two letters, namely o and e.

The University of Cambridge says the modern English alphabet was first used more than 3,000 years ago in Ugarit, which is now Syria. It may have spread through travel and trade.

After all, we have been taught since preschool, thanks to the famous alphabet song, that there are 26 letters. If you said 26, try looking at the question in a new way and see if you can come up ...