Q Without U

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I never understood why the letter Q so often has to come with a letter U attached. No other letter requires a bodyguard. There are however in fact about 40 words in English that use Q without a U. Most are drawn from Islamic, Hindu and Jewish texts. These five examples and others are great if you are playing Scrabble or other word games. Faqir – A Hindu holy man, sometimes spelt Fakir. Qabala – From Judaism comes this complex secretive quasi-mystical occult religious doctrine and its practices. Qoph – A letter from the Hebrew alphabet. Qwerty – Most typewriters and computer keyboards use a Qwerty lettering system, named from the first six letters on the top line of the keys on the keyboard. Qi – A Chinese mystical life giving force flowing through the body. Some systems of Yoga and acupuncture are based on tapping into the Qi, though skeptics doubt its existence. Arthur Chappell