Acrophony refers to naming letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds (Greek: acro uppermost, head + phonos sound) are represented by the respective letters. For instance, were the English alphabet named acrophonically, the letter "A" might be named "axe" or "aardvark" or any other word beginning with A. The canonical acrophony is an ideographic or pictographic writing system, where the letter's name and glyph both represent the same thing or concept - if for exampl… (More on Acrophonic)