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Originally Posted by All-American
"A grade" is the phonetic sound represented by the letter alpha. "E grade" is the phonetic sound represented by the letter epsilon. Consonants and vowels make shifts over time-- note the schwa of the English language-- but the transition from an a grade to an e grade is an uphill shift and thus not likely.
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So you're saying, it was not a normal linguistic transition, thus it must have been intentional as opposed just normal changes over time?