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Poll Question: Which letter do you like more?
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2009 at 18:10
Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

A, of course. It's the first letter of my name.


Amen fellow Alex.

Also, the letter "a" refers to Portugese and Spanish females. 'Nuff said mate
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I'm kind of partial to the O because it is the first letter in orgasm. Big smile
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clearly A is a male symbol and O is female, so it depends on which you relate to..  and A isn't the only letter that is also a word; B and bee, C and see, J and jay, R and are, T and tea, U and you, Y and why.
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Points: 32181 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2009 at 17:02
A, of course. It's the first letter of my name.
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Choose the I.
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Points: 67442 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2009 at 16:45
Tough one! I like 'O' because it's more open than 'A', but on the other hand I like 'A' because it's more stable than 'O'. I really wish I could decide, but I can't. I just can't! Cry
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Points: 24566 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2009 at 16:43
Good luck dressing up matters of liking with arguments!
 
I think that anyone has his own associations with both letters. The A may be rigid where the O is flexible, linear versus round, black versus blue (according to Rimbaud who assigned colours to the vowels), a one-letter word versus a no-word letter (in English, not in Dutch), etcetera.
 
I like the A a bit more, so I draw the score equal without adding argumentsStern Smile.
 
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I'll clear this up by making the best argument for "O" and against "A."

- "A" is a word by itself which makes it think it's better than all the other letters except for "I" when everyone knows it isn't.
- "O" seems like a classier letter
- You can make a face :O with the letter "O" but "A" can't do anything
-  "O" is "o" capitalized which makes sense. "A" looks nothing like "a"
- In both "goad" and "goat" (two unquestionably awesome words) the "O" comes before the "A," thus displaying it's dominance so that it may attract a suitable mate such as "k"
- Cheerios
- The Letter People version of "O" has something undoubtedly intelligent to say (hence the open mouth) while "A" just looks like a brat http://www.geocities.com/letterfolks/lp_stickers.jpg
- Throw a line on the "O" and you get "Q," stretch it out and you get "0," put a belt around it and you get "8." That's versatility.

If anyone wants to argue for the sake of "A" I will gladly take up that battle of wits and you shan't emerge unscathed.
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Points: 4335 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2009 at 02:06
I am aware that this is a bizaar question but it stems from an argument between a friend and I.  He insists that A is the better letter and his polling data of people within earshot seemed to back him up.  For the record my contention was that neither was "better", think I was trying to make a point about ridiculous comparisons actually.


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