D as in "Dora" — or "David"? The Nazis had eliminated Jewish names from the German spelling alphabet. The names are to return, at least symbolically. It is a common situation during a phone call: the ...
Ypsilon - the German word for the letter "y" - was changed to Ypres, famously known as the battle where the Germans first used poison gas in World War One. After World War II, Ypres was changed back ...