Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Before the ABCs

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

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

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The order of the alphabet is older than the song, it goes back to the phoenicians
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  I believe you, I just made it up.

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