12 letters that didn’t make the cut for our alphabet

If it was up to the Journosaur, the Ampersand would be the 27th letter of the alphabet.

Ampersand

Via MentalFloss.com

For all of their fossilization, Journosaurs are willing to walk to the edge what is — or is not –considered proper use of language.

It could be worse.

There might have been 38 characters instead of the friendly 26 had a few more linguistic imperatives made the cut as this story in Mental Floss points out.