Magic H/8

• H is the 8th letter of the Latin alphabet
• H and 8 often have very similar names:
  • in English: H=aitch, 8=eight
  • in Spanish: H=hache, 8=ocho
  • in Italian: H=acca, 8=otto
• H is the 8th most frequent letter of English
• the three most frequent letters of English are: e, t, a

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• H and 8 look very similar, too
• the Phoenician Heth and the Etruscan H are each an 8