I was talking with my mother yesterday, when she mentioned a childrens alphabet she used to know and like. She’s forgotten most of it, but it sounds pretty clever. Here’s what she remembers:
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[li]F for Vescent (sp?)[/li][li]R for Rabbit[/li][li]T for Two[/li][/ul]
She also thinks it might be
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[li]N for Mation[/li][/ul]
, but isn’t sure. She would have learned it in England, probably Surrey, sometime after World War II and prior to 1967 when we moved to America. Does anyone else know it? If so, what’s the rest of it? If not, how about seeing if we could come up with something as good or better (I think my money’s on better!).
i don’t know of this alphabet myself, but i can’t think of anything constructive or witty to add to anything else today so why not write our own… it could jog your mums memory
a for enna (foreigner)
b for and after
c for explodes (C4)
d for estation (de-forestation)
e for essent (eforescent - can’t think of an ee)
f for (oops, same as e)
g for s (G Force)
h for… no, i’m stuck
The Cockney Alphabet doesn’t look like it, although Mum has remembered that her version also includes “L for Leather.” We’ve also narrowed it down to the 1950s.
