Each Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, feel free to get help or share it with a friend or colleague to see if you can figure it out together.
I’ll confirm answers later in the day so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance.
This weeks riddle: How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

The I.T. guy in me counts whitespace as characters but yeah – 18 letters. 21 characters.
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Either 18 in total or 11 unique in ‘the english alphabet’
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Well I’d ordinarily say 26, unless you’re talking about “the English alphabet” in which case I’d say 11: a,b,e,g,h,i,l,n,p,s,t
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Capitalize alphabet.
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“the English alphabet” is comprised of 18 letters.
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Correct!
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the obvious answer is 11 (t, h, e, n, g, l, i, s, a, p, b). 12 if you think of lower and upper case differently. 26 if you think of the song.
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I hadn’t considered the individual letters not being counted if repeated. Bonus points to you.
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Boooo… I don’t like riddles that depend on vagueness like this 😦
For another opinion, see here: https://xkcd.com/169/
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15
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LOL even while you are on vacation you still manage to tease us – 18!!
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The English Alphabet – 18 letters
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