There was a period of time when people had to memorize the alphabet before there was a song.

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    1 year ago

    The order of letters in the alphabet has no meaning, A needs not come before B, its just that way because of the song.

    “The alphabet” could just as easily be qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm

  • pacology@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The song also only works in English. Plenty of non-English people learn the alphabet without the song.

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      1 year ago

      The Croatian Eurovision entry this year featured their alphabet, maybe they can use that from now on.

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    1 year ago

    My maths teacher used to make us do the odd questions. My friend and I made a song for acegikmoqsuwy. Anything is possible.