Me: How many letters are in the alphabet?
That one friend: 11 - T-H-E-- A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T.
Me: How many letters are in the alphabet?
That one friend: 11 - T-H-E-- A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T.
Listen here, genius. The "friend" in this joke doesn't know how to count. They think the number of letters in "alphabet" is the answer. So they spell out the word and count the letters in the actual word alphabet instead of answering the question! BOOM! Explain bear delivers the truth!