# Alphabet animal placemat from the 70s? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171 "2023-12-26T15:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/1 "2023-12-26T15:37:55Z")
Anyone remember a placemat with a different animal for each letter of the alphabet - with a narwhal for the letter N? I’m guessing this would be late 70s / early 80s. Maybe it was also a poster, and I happened to have it as a placemat? In any case, I haven’t been able to find any images of it online. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/2 "2023-12-26T15:53:33Z")
I don’t. But is it [this one](https://www.etsy.com/listing/655856611/animal-alphabet-placemat-educational)? Or [this one](https://tottalk.com/products/abc-animals-placemat)? Here’s a [Google image search](https://www.google.com/search?q=animal+alphabet+placemat&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCo83xua2DAxXbATQIHTP8BnoQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=animal+alphabet+placemat&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQgAQ6BAgAEB46BwgAEIAEEBg6CAgAEIAEELEDOgoIABCABBCKBRBDOg0IABCABBCKBRBDELEDOg4IABCABBCKBRCxAxCDAToGCAAQCBAeUNwMWI5DYJVEaABwAHgAgAFPiAGVDJIBAjI1mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=3_WKZcK3BduD0PEPs_ib0Ac&bih=950&biw=1562&client=safari#imgrc=7Cdq-cmV4dmvkM) for other ones. ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/3 "2023-12-26T16:45:38Z")
Thanks - I had done an image search for that same phrase, but couldn’t find anything. The two you sent are much too modern for that 70s placemat (although they do to your credit have narwhals.) ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/4 "2024-03-30T18:50:24Z")
Someone found it! [https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/19f4c1v/comment/kx8plpc/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/19f4c1v/comment/kx8plpc/?context=3) > **[PXL 20240330 044250293 — Postimages](https://postimg.cc/hzSvr5N5)** ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/5 "2024-03-30T19:18:46Z")
Don’t remember that particular one, but I have some recollection of an animal placemat (maybe) that also used a Narwhal for the letter N. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/6 "2024-03-30T20:15:24Z")
What the fuck are the “u” and “x”? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171/7 "2024-03-30T20:34:02Z")
Unai and unau are names of a a type of tree sloth. No idea what animal is shown for the X.