How do you visualize the alphabet?

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A on top, Z on bottom.
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Z on top, A on bottom.
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How do you visualize the alphabet?

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A left, Z right? Sure, we all agree in English, whatever.

But, if you were picturing the alphabet VERTICALLY, How would you do it?
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How do you visualize the alphabet?

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Top down, A-Z.

What is the alternative?

edit - Oh, now I see this is a poll, with options. How would Z-A be at all intuitive?
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How do you visualize the alphabet?

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My answer would be "I don't". The question made no sense until I saw the options. And now that I know you want to know Up or Down, it's not natural.
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I'm thinking of it 3-dimensionally. Like how would you picture an alphabet tower? I see A as the ground floor, and Z as the top floor.
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The vertically part is the twist, and it all depends on how one pictures a tower.

If you start at the top and work your way to the ground, A is on top. Obviously, switch it all if you go from the bottom.

I guess it would make sense to start from the bottom if you were doing numbers because you can add on more floors as they grow, but the alphabet is a set that doesn't change. Thus, it's logical to start either way.

I'm sure Freud would say how you look at it has something to do with your mother.
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