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English Alphabet Problems

Can you tell me which comes first, X or W? There is no reference alphabat in this office to speak of. Keyboard is no use either.

And what do you think of Collective Soul music?

 
Jan 28, 05 1:52 pm
Sullivan.DJ

What office do you work in? It sounds like mine....

Jan 28, 05 2:02 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

I know this one! Not without thinking a bit though first :)
W is first. W, X, Y, and Z.

Jan 28, 05 2:02 pm  · 
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LaTorpilleRose

I'm French.

Jan 28, 05 2:07 pm  · 
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French

hu, hu not on this forum, I'M French...

Jan 28, 05 2:11 pm  · 
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3ifs

so in france is it X,W,Y,Z?

Jan 28, 05 2:36 pm  · 
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vado retro

collective soul never had a really good drummer. love dolly parton's version of shine tho

Jan 28, 05 7:37 pm  · 
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infernocp

wait wait, its w, x, y and z??? damnit, that must be what my kindergarten teacher meant by "needs improvement"

Jan 28, 05 9:22 pm  · 
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c.k.

you could start singing the song:

b d e
a c g
f

... i never knew it all

Jan 28, 05 9:36 pm  · 
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infernocp

no no no... dude, its a c d f h g k y l m n o get it right next time

Jan 29, 05 3:01 am  · 
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Mozart was so smart to have written that tune. How did kids learn the alphabet before?

Jan 29, 05 9:48 am  · 
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guiggster

I think one of the letters is "ellamennopee" but I cant remember if it comes before or after "w." It might be in between "and" and "z."

Jan 29, 05 10:55 am  · 
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Ms Beary

ellamennopee is between K and Q, its a compound letter

Jan 29, 05 11:06 am  · 
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ge-ril-a

ell
a
men
no
pee

L.A men no pee

sounds like a tokyo hooker disspointed following a visit to hollywood!

Jan 29, 05 11:15 am  · 
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Ms Beary

Wait! Back to 3ifs question, so is it X,W,Y and Z in french or what? WTF?

Jan 29, 05 11:33 am  · 
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Ms Beary

At first I was thinking maybe there is no X in French.
But there is the Bordeaux region.

Jan 29, 05 11:35 am  · 
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ge-ril-a

Its the same alphabet,
Same order.
Just ask el(mo)!

ah
bay
cey
dey
er
eff
jay
ash
ee
jee
kaa
el
em
en
oa
pay
qu
air
es
tay
uu
vay
double vay
eeks
egrek
zed

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

Jan 29, 05 11:55 am  · 
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infernocp

I was with you till "egrek"

Jan 29, 05 1:51 pm  · 
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ge-ril-a

its the french alphabet

its what the french pronounce for y

only they know (wh)y!

Jan 29, 05 1:58 pm  · 
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le bossman

it is the same place as it is in spanish...you mean the french one is out of order

Jan 29, 05 8:09 pm  · 
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BOTS

Is the American alphabet the same then.....

Jan 30, 05 4:00 am  · 
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ge-ril-a

As far as i know the french version of the alphabet is exactly in the same order as the english one.

There doesnt seem to be any good reason for it to be different, I may be wrong, but if i am its because my french teacher at school was wrong.

And if its just one letter swap x and y there doesnt seem to be any point, apart from to be annoyingly french,

I would get a copy of the sesame st dvd and put the subtitles or language to french to check it out.

Jan 30, 05 6:17 am  · 
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ge-ril-a

a b c

its as easy as

1 2 3

Jan 30, 05 6:18 am  · 
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doberman

The French alphabaet is indeed the EXACT same alphabet as the English one, same order and same letters. Different pronunciation though...

Jan 30, 05 4:01 pm  · 
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Blind Pew

What??? would someone explain the mess you've all been talking about?

Jan 30, 05 4:23 pm  · 
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liberty bell

This thread has me lmnopeeing my pants. You guys crack me up.

Jan 30, 05 9:44 pm  · 
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turbowombat

btw, if you're interested, the french pronunciation of the letter y is similar to the spanish -- where it is written 'e griega' I believe -- which means, simply enough "greek e."

Jan 30, 05 10:17 pm  · 
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rupa

A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following:

"Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come
once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Then I come one lasta time."

"You foul-mouthed sex obsessed swine," retorted the lady indignantly.
"In this country....we don't speak aloud in public places about our sex
lives.........


"Hey, coola down lady," said the man. "Who talkin' abouta sexa? I'm a
justa tellin' my frienda how to spella 'Mississippi'."

Feb 1, 05 6:28 am  · 
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ge-ril-a

liberty bell

are you hard and cracked like elliot suggests?

Feb 1, 05 7:57 am  · 
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Smokety Mc Smoke Smoke

turbowombat ... yet the letter "y" looks like a lower-case gamma. yet the upper-case upsilon looks like an upper case "Y". I think that "i griega" actually means "greek 'i'".

Mar 14, 05 3:59 pm  · 
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Cloutier

smokety is right..... you peoples probably got confused because "i" in french sounds like "e" in english.

in french the same alphabet is used, but there are accents all over the place though! (à,é,è,ê,ë,ù,ö,ç) that all have different sounds!

if anyone is interested in french classes i always need extra money :)

Mar 14, 05 4:45 pm  · 
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