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Malphabet. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by themaninblack@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 139 points 11 months ago

Fuck it, that was a quality answer.

[-] b_tr3e@feddit.org 50 points 11 months ago

But not a quality audience.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 49 points 11 months ago

I would have silently gone in my head ABCDEFGHIJKL and then said "MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", but I suppose I could have said "MABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", or should I say "MABCDEFGHIJKLOPQRSTUVWXYZ"?

Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one? A better order, off the top of my head, is OUEIAPKGHXBDPTMNLWYVZSFRCQJ

[-] officermike@lemmy.world 62 points 11 months ago

You left out an 'N.' I'm gonna have to escort you out of the comment section.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Come to think of it, why do our letters have a standard order, and if they have to, why that one?

Because some Phoenician jerk picked it arbitrarily about ten thousand years or so ago and it stuck.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

Those dang Arizonans are nothing but trouble, I tells ya..

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Basically. 99 Percent Invisible did a podcast on this very topic: Episode 468 Alphabetical Order

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

But your version doesn't match Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as well.

[-] Tagger@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I strongly believe we should teach the alphabet as qwertyu iopa sdfgh jkl zxc vb n and m

[-] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Why not Dvorak? I have been told its way more efficient typing, though also completely incomprehensible.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 11 months ago
[-] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Light mode keyboard and dark mode app? Shame on you

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 11 months ago

The system changes modes at sunrise/sunset but Voyager is always dark mode.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

if you're having issues with dismissing that voicemail notification you need to wipe data from the "phone services" app, it doesn't show up normally and you need to enable "show system apps". don't disable it, just wipe the data

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 11 months ago

I'm not, but thanks.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Because what you were told were mostly lies.

[-] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's not more efficient, but it does feel better on the hands, in my opinion.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Because then it would start with .

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

The reason the alphabetical order is like that is because it was passed down all the way from the 14th century BC and potentially before, so a lot of sound changes and mild order changes happened (like Z going from the letter after E to the last letter) and you have the modern English alphabetical order

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

Maybe Seedy He Effed G, Hate I JK Ellen Mellow Pee

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Look 'm in the eye and say M A C A B. It's not about repeating the alphabet, it's about asserting dominance.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 40 points 11 months ago

Should he have said, "Mthe alphabet"?

[-] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Mmmmm, ohhhhh, the aalphabeeeeet

[-] Bonus@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Funny but no casino would stop a drunk guy from losing money at the table

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 months ago

It's a high bar; he might have been poor and making the rich people uncomfortable.

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

That answer should have been worth a free drink and a taxi home

[-] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 9 points 11 months ago

Can see myself doing this while not drunk lmfao

[-] umbraroze@piefed.social 9 points 11 months ago

Alphabet starting with M? Hey, prescriptivist dingdongs, you can't just say there is now apparently an alphabet that starts with M! Those things don't exist in vacuum - if you make something like this up, you have to go all the way and define such an alphabet clearly!

Rules mean nothing unless they clarify established language use conventions! Which is why I think descriptivist approach is better in most cases.

[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

for the lazy:

mnopqrstuvwxyz

[-] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Sounds sober to me

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago

Fine: "the alphabet starting with emm"

[-] perishthethought@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago

Malllphhhhpabehhhh

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