History of the Greek alphabet consonant letter, rather than seemingly have two exceptions in spelling. Greek, like Phoenician, made a distinction for vowel length; indeed, Greek had five short vowels and seven long vowels, but only five vowel letters. As in Phoenician, the difference in length was not originally made in writing. However, by the 6th century BC the letter eta (not needed for a consonant in eastern dialects of Greek, which lacked ) came to stand for the long vowel , and a new letter, omega, was developed for long . The provenance of omega is not known, but it is generally assumed to
The Alphabet of Manliness the ovaries" section of the first chapter ("A - Ass-Kicking"). The edition also contains a disclaimer. On February 20, 2009, Maddox announced on the book's web site that he is "working on a new edition of The Alphabet of Manliness," and that "the new edition will be expanded and revised, and will include The Numbers of Manliness." The book consists of 26 short sections, each corresponding to a letter of the alphabet. After the official release of "The Alphabet of Manliness", Maddox went on a book signing tour in several states, starting in his home state of Utah. The first