The order of letters in the alphabet has no meaning, A needs not come before B, its just that way because of the song.
“The alphabet” could just as easily be qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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The order of the alphabet is older than the song, it goes back to the phoenicians
I believe you, I just made it up.
The alphabet is qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm, depending on your point of reference :)
This actually blew my mind and I can't decide if it's just because I'm high or not
The song also only works in English. Plenty of non-English people learn the alphabet without the song.
The Croatian Eurovision entry this year featured their alphabet, maybe they can use that from now on.
My maths teacher used to make us do the odd questions. My friend and I made a song for acegikmoqsuwy. Anything is possible.