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by starshadowx2 49 days ago
This is sortof like how Only Connect switched from using Greek letters to Egyptian hieroglyphs. I'm not sure if it was a joke or not but it was said that viewers complained that the Greek letters were "too pretentious" and obviously the hieroglyphs weren't.
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I’m fairly positive the Greek alphabet mixed in Latin would measure quite poorly for legibility, if anyone did that study. Long before it’s an issue of pretentiousness
[It was also in direct reference to this comic.](https://www.overyourhead.co.uk/2011/01/rarely-connect.html)
This comic is from 2011 but Only Connect made the change in 2010.