Now "Y" and "Z" know nothing about being at the beginning of the alphabet. But "Y" and "Z" can talk about being at the end and what that's like. "Y" and "A" can discuss being part- and full-time vowels over a beer.
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That's a straw man. The following is not: Only "A" can understand the subjective experience of being "A" "B" can never truly understand what it is to be "A" but they can both converse about the experience of being early letters in the alphabet.https://twitter.com/8_Spartacus_8/status/946203037139456002 …
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The conversation between "Y" and "A" is fascinating though because even though "Y" is way at the end with "Z" it is still sometimes considered a member of the elite "Vowel Society"
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"A" and "Z" likewise can discuss being the borders of the alphabet and what it's like to only have only one neighbor and the pressures of being first and last. This isn't anti-humanity. This is intersectionalism.
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In all the examples above, No single letter can speak to the experience of being a different letter, but there are intersecting experiences where various letters can commune over the similarity of experience
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There are an endless number of experiences under which these letters can group themselves. Round letters, angular letters, consonants, letters whose names rhyme, tall or short letters, etc.
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Few if any letters have only one grouping. Each has a number of subcultures they could belong to, and each grouping establishes a different relationship to the whole
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If "A" started talking assertively about what it is like to be a letter at the end of the alphabet, or the life of a consonant, "Z" would be well within its rights to tell "A" to take a seat.
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"But we're all letters" says "A" "So I should be able to voice my opinion of any letter's experience!" Says "Z" "Sure we're all letters but you haven't experienced "Z" life, so you don't have the standing to critique how it works.
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"A" likewise could take a sense of superiority from being the first letter. Or insist on its exceptionalism for being only one of five vowels (if you're not counting "Y" which "A" certainly doesn't)
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"As vowels, we are critical to making words that don't sound like someone choking" says "A". This is proof of our eliteness. "R" as a representative of the set of the six most popular letters rolls it's eyes and notes that the only vowel among THEM is "E"
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"S" "T" and "L", (other members of the popular letters club) all clap while "N" starts talking about how without consonants, everything sounds like indiscriminate wailing.
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That's the thing about all these different sets. Any letter can belong to a number of them and their standing relative to the others changes as they shift between relevant identities
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"E" might feel strongest kinship with "A" "B" "C" and "D" as one of the First Five. "E" might also be tight with the consonants from the Popular Letters Club But "E" might still get called out for being an elitist vowel from time to time. Cause vowels think they're the best
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"A" IS right though when it says that they are all indeed letters and that they all share an experience as part of the alphabet. This is still important. But remember, "A" is also the one hitting the Vowel Power thing hard.
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"E" might be really chill. Spending all that time with consonants may have brought empathy and appreciation for them that "A" doesn't have But "E" is still a vowel and still gets special distinction because of it.
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"E" will never be a consonant. No matter how many it hangs out with. And that's ok. It doesn't need to be.
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