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3. When my daughter was learning the alphabet she turned to me one day after she had sung the ABC song

Fri May 12, 2017, 12:07 PM

May 2017

and asked me "Mom, what's an elemenohpee?.

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The alphabet has 26 letters. But when I recite it, I only come up with 25. [View all] mac56 May 2017 OP

Go home, you are drunk. DetlefK May 2017 #1

Funny! underpants May 2017 #2

Is that why they call it doobleh-vey? Rollo May 2017 #6

And you sang to her, CrispyQ May 2017 #4

As I used to sing it: "a kiddley divey do, wouldn't you". Arkansas Granny May 2017 #8

Because double-yoo is really two letters... Rollo May 2017 #5

Wouldn't that make it 27 letters? Wounded Bear May 2017 #21

No, 25+126... unless... Rollo May 2017 #22

I see what you did there. forgotmylogin May 2017 #7

I vote we get rid of G, O, and P! lastlib May 2017 #16

Aye! nt Still Blue in PDX May 2017 #19

Better to get rid of T, R, U, M, and P... Rollo May 2017 #23

It was around Christmas... Dr. Strange May 2017 #9

Oh! rug May 2017 #10

L & M got kicked out mac56 May 2017 #11

LOL. Obviously someone is looking for U. Fla Dem May 2017 #12

... left-of-center2012 May 2017 #13

Hey Mac True Dough May 2017 #15

I get twenty-seven Orrex May 2017 #17

Actually there were 27 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #18

I blame it on smart phones GreydeeThos May 2017 #20