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Tijdreiziger on March 12, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bees and chimps can also pass on their skills

Why would it only have been invented once? Various spelling/phone alphabets are and have been in use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet

andsoitis on March 13, 2024 [–]

There was indeed a first invention from which others were inspired, if my history knowledge is accurate and the Wikipedia article is read carefully.

In contrast, alphabets have been invented multiple times completely independently without knowledge of the others.

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