r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Any_Comparison_8760 • Sep 02 '26

Do u dont wanna Since when did we need chatgpt to know the alphabet..?

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u/bacon_cake Sep 02 '26

It makes it easier... It's a good thing.

My 2 year old knows it as:

ABCDEFG

HIJKL and M

NOP

QRS

TUV

WXYZ

It's not like they've changed the alphabet, it just stops kids getting stuck at that weird elemenopee run in the middle and helps them differentiate between the letters at an earlier age.

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u/I_Go_BrRrRrRrRr Sep 02 '26

Kinda ruins the whole "song" portion of the song

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u/bacon_cake Sep 02 '26

You can kind of make it fit the same tune at a stretch, the kids don't seem to care.

That said we're British so the latter portion doesn't rhyme anyway (zed).

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u/Far-Fortune-8381 Sep 02 '26

well now it rhymes none lol

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u/ThePolemicist Sep 02 '26

But the rhyming and rhythm help with memory. If you take that away, what was the purpose of the song?

Rhyming also helps a lot with early literacy. So, again, why take away the parts that rhyme?

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u/bacon_cake Sep 02 '26

Well I don't know, maybe it'll prove to be disastrous for an entire generation. But they seem to be grasping it just fine.

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

It's also zed in some other languages, but so that it rhymes with "that's the letters of the alphabet".

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Sep 02 '26

Pronounce the d harder.

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Sep 02 '26

"In some other languages"

Germanic ones at least.

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Sep 02 '26

I am misinterpreted. I make my text more clear so that I am less likely to get misinterpreted by others.

This is a bad thing somehow.

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u/chickadee-stitchery Sep 02 '26

It doesn't, you just need to hear it sung. It works well.

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u/Livid-Complaint-3831 Sep 02 '26

though if the hard part is lmnop, why replace it with wxyz, which is arguably harder. it even has more syllables. and make the entire song not rhyme anymore on top of that

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u/bacon_cake Sep 02 '26

I think it's because the hard sounds of W X Y Z gives a clearer vocal seperation. Few children are sounding out a single letter called doubleyouexx or whyzee but ellem or ennoo blend together easier.

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u/YoghurtFlan Sep 02 '26

They should just rawdog it in a monotone drawl.

Singing the alphabet in monospace.

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u/ShAped_Ink Sep 02 '26

Bruh that just turns it in my head to "andemenope", that's not that big of a change

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u/bacon_cake Sep 02 '26

No there's a pause, it does work but I'm not busting out the microphone lmao.

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u/ReluctantNerd7 Sep 02 '26

common core ABCs