Aziraphale blinks in surprise... err, no Pit. That's not how it works. "No, you see, this letter here is called 'A', and the letter 'A' makes a sound like 'ah' or 'aah', and sometimes 'ay'. In this case, the word 'apple' begins with an 'a' because it starts with an 'ah' sound...

"Does that make sense?"