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* [[Mr. T|T]] is a Mister that cancer can't stop. |
* [[Mr. T|T]] is a Mister that cancer can't stop. |
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* ''U'' is by [[Pearl Jam]], released in 'nine-eight. |
* ''U'' is by [[Pearl Jam]], released in 'nine-eight. |
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* ''[[V]]'' has an alien metaphor. [[Sarcasm Mode|Great.]] |
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' has an alien metaphor. [[Sarcasm Mode|Great.]] |
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* ''W.'''s a biopic of [[George W. Bush|George Bush Two]]. |
* ''W.'''s a biopic of [[George W. Bush|George Bush Two]]. |
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* ''[[X (manga)|X]]'' is a manga that [[CLAMP]] did debut. |
* ''[[X (manga)|X]]'' is a manga that [[CLAMP]] did debut. |
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** And a [[Bad Brains]] song. |
** And a [[Bad Brains]] song. |
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* ''i'': A news-digest of ''[[British Newspapers|The Independent]]''. |
* ''i'': A news-digest of ''[[British Newspapers|The Independent]]''. |
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** Also, an album by [[The Magnetic Fields]], where appropriately enough, all the song titles start with "I". |
** Also, an album by [[The Magnetic Fields]], where appropriately enough, all the song titles start with "I". |
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* ''L'' is a South Korean movie. |
* ''L'' is a South Korean movie. |
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* ''M'' is a non-fiction book by journalist John Sack, detailing his time with M Company during the Vietnam War. |
* ''M'' is a non-fiction book by journalist John Sack, detailing his time with M Company during the Vietnam War. |
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* ''N'' is also a short story by [[Stephen King]]. |
* ''N'' is also a short story by [[Stephen King]]. |
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** Also an album by Finnish metal band Norther. |
** Also an album by Finnish metal band Norther. |
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* ''[[O (theatre)|O]]'': the title of Oprah's magazine, a [[wikipedia:Cirque du Soleil|Cirque du Soleil]] [http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/o/default.aspx show], and an anonymously penned novel about the 2008 presidential election. |
* ''[["O" (theatre)||O]]'': the title of Oprah's magazine, a [[wikipedia:Cirque du Soleil|Cirque du Soleil]] [http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/o/default.aspx show], and an anonymously penned novel about the 2008 presidential election. |
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** 'O' is also the title of a 2006 Eiko Shimamiya Album |
** 'O' is also the title of a 2006 Eiko Shimamiya Album |
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* ''[[Q]]'' was an arts and culture radio talk show on CBC hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. ''q'' (note the capitalization) is the same show on the same network, but hosted by Shad. |
* ''[[Q]]'' was an arts and culture radio talk show on CBC hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. ''q'' (note the capitalization) is the same show on the same network, but hosted by Shad. |
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** An instrumental song by the Red Crayola. |
** An instrumental song by the Red Crayola. |
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** Also how [[X Japan]] called themselves before going international. |
** Also how [[X Japan]] called themselves before going international. |
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* ''Y'': The first album by British band The Pop Group. |
* ''Y'': The first album by British band The Pop Group. |
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* ''[[Z (video game)|Z]]'': A real-time strategy game by the Bitmap Brothers. |
* ''[[Z (video game)|Z]]'': A real-time strategy game by the Bitmap Brothers. |
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** There's also a Polish novel titled ''Z.'', with the dot.<ref>By Mieczysław Porębski</ref> |
** There's also a Polish novel titled ''Z.'', with the dot.<ref>By Mieczysław Porębski</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:53, 11 April 2017
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"You write a book, you get to the end, and then it's like—meh, I'll just pick one of the letters of the alphabet for the title."
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Related to One-Letter Name, works with a One-Letter Title are exactly that: works that are titled with a single letter, of whatever script.
See also Short Titles and Letter Motif.
Examples of One-Letter Title include:
26 Latin Alphabet Examples
- A is an album, a Jethro Tull one.
- b is a tabloid by the Baltimore Sun.
- C is a language, that's good with runtime.
- D is a Bollywood film about crime.
- E! is a network for gossip when bored.
- F is a series of trucks made by Ford.
- G. is a movie, one that's quite "grand".
- H. is a hit by a "Tool"-ish rock band.
- i was a network, now ION TV.
- j is a label that's owned by Sony.
- K is a record, Kula Shaker twirled.
- L titles a film, while Changing The World.
- M is a picture that stars Peter Lorre.
- N is a game where a ninja gets glory.
- O is Othello, except in high school!
- P was Johnny Depp's band. Pretty cool.
- Q is a flick about a flying snake.
- R. is a CD that Kelly did make.
- S was a short-living group of K-Pop.
- T is a Mister that cancer can't stop.
- U is by Pearl Jam, released in 'nine-eight.
- V has an alien metaphor. Great.
- W.'s a biopic of George Bush Two.
- X is a manga that CLAMP did debut.
- Y is a comic about the Last Man.
- Z ends our list with a big junta ban.
More examples below, except not in verse. And because they are not, it is so much better.
More Latin Alphabet Examples
- a: A tripped-out conversation novel by Andy Warhol.
- A band who is known for their song Nothing.
- A song by Knorkator which consists of the four verses "A", "A", "A", and "A".
- The Clock Crew has covered them all. The most notable one though is B, the very flash movie responsible for the Clock Crew's existence in the first place.
- Do not ever mention /b/.
- C: A well-regarded 2010 Tom McCarthy novel.
- An anime, fully titled C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control.
- D: A horror game released in 1995.
- A French BD about vampires (guess what the D stands for).
- G: John Berger's Booker Prize winning novel about "G", a Don Juan-like figure.
- H: An Elizabeth Shepard found-document novel about an autistic boy's letters from summer camp.
- I: A song by Black Sabbath. Kiss also did one, but the fans won't admit it. Neither will the band, who even forgot how to sing it.
- Also a rather good EP by Meshuggah.
- And a side project of Immortal's frontman Abbath.
- And a Bad Brains song.
- i: A news-digest of The Independent.
- Also, an album by The Magnetic Fields, where appropriately enough, all the song titles start with "I".
- L is a South Korean movie.
- M is a non-fiction book by journalist John Sack, detailing his time with M Company during the Vietnam War.
- N is also a short story by Stephen King.
- Also an album by Finnish metal band Norther.
- |O: the title of Oprah's magazine, a Cirque du Soleil show, and an anonymously penned novel about the 2008 presidential election.
- 'O' is also the title of a 2006 Eiko Shimamiya Album
- Q was an arts and culture radio talk show on CBC hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. q (note the capitalization) is the same show on the same network, but hosted by Shad.
- S is the US title of a Boys Love Genre Light Novel series
- S. is a 1988 John Updike novel
- U: One of the songs by W.A.S.P.
- V is also Thomas Pynchon's first novel, and despite all the other weird things in it, it is decidedly alien-free.
- W: Georges Perec's memoir of his time as a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied France.
- X: a science fiction space simulator series by Egosoft.
- A Japan only Game Boy game.
- An episode of Teen Titans.
- A Los Angeles Punk Rock band from The Eighties.
- An Australian punk band, also from The Eighties.
- A Def Leppard album.
- An instrumental song by the Red Crayola.
- Also how X Japan called themselves before going international.
- Y: The first album by British band The Pop Group.
- Z: A real-time strategy game by the Bitmap Brothers.
- There's also a Polish novel titled Z., with the dot.[1]
Non-Latin Alphabet Examples
- Pi.
- ? is an episode in the second season of Lost.
- 9
- Ё (Yo) is a Russian planned hybrid electric car.
- In-universe example: in a soviet comedy "Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика" (Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures), Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains trio call the planned operation"Y": "so that nobody would guess it".
- ↑ By Mieczysław Porębski