John McWhorter on the letter P.

The Story of P

The Story of P

A show about the mysteries of English.
April 17 2018 1:35 PM

The Story of P

The 16th letter of our alphabet is a fancy little thing.

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John McWhorter discusses the surprisingly mercurial—and rather fancy—letter P.

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