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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 16, 2012
Some really great answers there. And well done promoting the guide elsewhere good stuff ! 
However, I'm afraid that the closest answer was PebbleRook.
I should also warn you that there is a supplementary question when you discover the answer to this one.
Historically you need to thinking around 1800
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Geggs Posted Feb 17, 2012
Well, on the basis of People's answer, and linking the 'eggs' to a Two Ronnies sketch about teaching Germans to speak English through merely saying letters, in which one of the interlocutors asks the question 'F U N E X?', I therefore nominate X as the errant letter.
Geggs
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pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Feb 17, 2012
Isn't logic fun 
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Feb 17, 2012
Is it something to do with the standard Western (and possibly English-speaking) idea of snoring expressed in writing? 
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shagbark Posted Feb 17, 2012
Or would the Cyrillic Alphabet come into the logic here.
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shagbark Posted Feb 17, 2012
shall we try [ ( that comes after Z in ASCII)
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shagbark Posted Feb 17, 2012
I have been working on a page for Indiana and I know that in 1801 William H Harrison became Governor of the Indiana Territory. As Governor he sought to obtain title to Indian lands so settlers could press forward into the wilderness. However that doesn't seem to have anything to do with this question as the Indians in question did not use Z.
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shagbark Posted Feb 17, 2012
Meanwhile in France Benjamin Franklin might have been up to something.
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pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Feb 18, 2012
Ben Franklin? Up to something? With the professor of physics & chemistry at Bourg-en-Bresse? With his reputation?
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 18, 2012
No esoteric languages here - just Latin and English
Generally speaking we use it a lot, but it's not now considered to be a letter.
(Oh and it is on your keyboard.)
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Feb 18, 2012
Was the ampersand ever considered a letter?
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 18, 2012
I recently read Mark Twain's autobiography, and he abbreviated etcetera as &c. I think I'll start doing likewise.
I wish keyboards had interobangs!?
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Geggs Posted Feb 18, 2012
Hmmm. Can't be $ as dollar was originally a Dutch word, I think. How about ! or ? maybe ~ ?
Geggs
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 19, 2012
Oh, I know what it is. It's not commonly known by its full name now. It's called an "Aphod".
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Feb 19, 2012
Mr Dreadful has the answer it is & the ampersand.
Now - the interesting bit - why is it called that ?
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Mu Beta Posted Feb 20, 2012
Is it named after its Danish founder, Ampers Sand?
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