A vs. O

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.

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!

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

I'm kind of partial to the O because it is the first letter in orgasm. 

Atavachron wrote: 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.

Those are homophones, not the actual words. I stand by my statement. But you forgot Z as the heavily French-accented pronunciation of "the."

The Pessimist wrote: 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

Liking "A" because it's the first letter of your name is a very biased and narrow-minded thing to say. I would have expected better from progarchives but it seems as though the civility that was present when I joined a few weeks ago has disappeared. While the letter "a" may refer to Portugese and Spanish females, Slartibartfast pointed out "O" starts the word "orgasm" and Atavachron pointed out "O" is female. And lastly, you can exclaim "OOOOO" whilst engaging in activities leading to orgasm. The sexuality of the two letters clearly goes in O's favor.

A. Anyone who says otherwise is just close-minded.

This is terrible. You're all just racist against newbies. If I had supported a initially everyone would say "hey this guy's superlame. Let's all vote for "O" because we hate this guy and want to ostracize him from our fora even though we should be a nice group of interneters and welcome him with open arms." 

TheCaptain wrote: This is terrible. You're all just racist against newbies. If I had supported a initially everyone would say "hey this guy's superlame. Let's all vote for "O" because we hate this guy and want to ostracize him from our fora even though we should be a nice group of interneters and welcome him with open arms."

BroSpence wrote: O is better.  It is smoother, less complicated than A, and in general it isn't even obnoxious like A.    It forms a perfect circle, but even when it doesn't it still looks perfect.  You know what word A goes with "ASS".  Because that is what the letter A is.  O is pure beauty.   I rest my case. Omnipotently organic, omnivorous and (ewwww) obligated to oblige you with the obvious observation.  O = Osome.

TheCaptain wrote: This is terrible. You're all just racist against newbies. If I had supported a initially everyone would say "hey this guy's superlame. Let's all vote for "O" because we hate this guy and want to ostracize him from our fora even though we should be a nice group of interneters and welcome him with open arms."

Edited by someone_else - January 18 2009 at 09:05