Hot take: I don't like alphabet learning materials using giraffe for "G"

[tcoburn]

@pejman X is for XP!

 

[firebirdschild84111]

@pejman "Ice Cream" is right. There.

 

[unwanted]

@pejman What the heck would you even use... There's no good word for X.

 

[anderseric]

@unwanted Xylophone?

 

[kimberlymarie]

@unwanted Xenomorph

 

[cautiouslittlehope]

@unwanted X-Ray.

At least it's used in the phonetic alphabet.

 

[chaname]

@pejman We have a book for my daughter that has X for Xylophone and its a skeleton playing on a boneophone

 

[jokokondok]

@pejman Huh… yknow, I never really thought about how non-Alaskans were also learning about igloos. I always kinda just thought it was an Alaskan thing.

 

[samsiziba]

@pejman there’s a john mulaney joke in here

 

[eriqaz]

@moongold G as in Garbage

 

[azza1143]

@eriqaz ...like uncle Todd is at Street Fighter.

 

[traciitulathy]

@eriqaz G-spot. Very intuitive.

 

[saraelizabeth]

@moongold In defense of giraffes, what we call "G" uses the j sound in the name of the letter itself. Oh golly gee.

 

[shokm36]

@saraelizabeth That used to confuse my daughter all the time when she was learning the alphabet. “What does grape begin with?” “Gee!” she would say as opposed to “jee”.

Btw, love the username.

 

[cavaradossi]

@shokm36 Try learning French simultaneously and the two really get confusing.

 

[cactus_jack68]

@bryanj Voiced bilabial stop is for book! Unvoiced labiodental fricative is for fish!

It’s so easy, I expect my 14 month old to pick it up any day now.

 

[kaye87]

@moongold Guess you wouldn’t like this book then https://www.amazon.com/Pterodactyl-Worst-Alphabet-Book-Ever/dp/1492674311

 

[moongold]

@kaye87 I actually really like that book, and it's a great tool for kids at a more advanced level, but probably not for when I'm teaching my toddler the basics.

 

[amantnovi]

@kaye87 I just bought this for my best friends kids birthday tomorrow lol.

 

[sleepy321]

@moongold G is for Gyro - a tasty treat.