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Thread: Alternative Alphabets
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Sarkycow
La belle Dame sans merci
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We've all seen the 'traditional' alphabets for kids:
A is for Apple
B is for Ball
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O is for Oh my gosh how boring
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But how about some more specific alphabets, for builders, or space explorers? What about specific categories, like collective nouns, or types of toy?
Let's write some new alphabets ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I'll suggest one, and do the first few letters. Each subsequent poster then write one or two more letters, and when we reach Z, someone suggest a new alphabet for us to carry on with.
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Sarkycow
La belle Dame sans merci
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English upper class alphabet
A is for Avocado
B is for Butler
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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C is for Chauffeur
D is for Duke
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Gill H
Shipmate
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E is for Eton.
F is for Fortnum's.
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*sigh* We can’t all be Alan Cresswell.
- Lyda Rose
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Stetson
Shipmate
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G is for Governors-General
H is for Hemophilia
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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I is for Indoor swimming pool
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"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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J for Jolyon.
K for Knighthood (a rather inferior decoration).
[ 22. May 2013, 19:37: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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K is for Keys to the Daimler.
L is for Lacrosse.
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AndyB
Shipmate
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M is mine, all mine.
N is for no it isn't!
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Charles Had a Splurge on
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O is for Oxford,
Where I get my degree.
P is for Pater,
Who funds it you see.
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"But to live outside the law, you must be honest" R.A. Zimmerman
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Inanna
Ship's redhead
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Q is for Quail, such fun to shoot
R is for Rugger, so lace up your boots!
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All shall be well
And all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well.
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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S is for Servants
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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"T" is for tally ho!
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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U is for Unctious tones
V is for Victoria, the last TRUE Royal
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Piglet
Islander
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W is for wellingtons, without which no self-respecting toff would venture into the country
X is for XC90, the Volvo in the boot of which they'll be found. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
[ 23. May 2013, 02:02: Message edited by: piglet ]
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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Y is for Yuppie
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Charles Had a Splurge on
Shipmate
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Z is for Zillions
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"But to live outside the law, you must be honest" R.A. Zimmerman
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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Alternative Therapy alphabet
A is for Acupuncture.
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Sarkycow
La belle Dame sans merci
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B is for Bach rescue remedy
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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D for deadly nightshade, to brighten your eyes;
E for echenacea, to help keep you alive.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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F is for feverfew for migraines
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"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Piglet
Islander
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G is for garlic, for colds (and vampires ...)
H is for homoeopathy
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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I is for iontophoresis, an alternative to needles!
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Jungian psychology is said to be the basis for some alternative therapies
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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K is for kava kava- hubba-hubba, wotta buzz!
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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L is for Light therapy, to cure you of SAD
M is for Manuka*, for throats that are bad.
* a sort of honey that works better for colds than ordinary honey
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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N is for naprpathy
O is for osteopathy
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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P is for pennyroyal, to make baby go away;
Q is for qi, breath of the Unspeakable Way
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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R is for Reiki, acupuncture for the squeamish
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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AndyB
Shipmate
# 10186
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S is for Zzzzzzzz
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyB:
S is for Zzzzzzzz
No it isn't.
T is for Tantric sex, which I'm sure must be therapeutic in some way or another
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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AndyB
Shipmate
# 10186
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Yes it is. Sleep makes you Zzzzzzzzz.
U are for the chop.
... hey, they did say alternative alphabets ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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and Ultraviolet light therapy
v is for Vitamin therapy
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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W is for Wort, St. John's, which will help the sad get by;
X is for Xanax, which is cheating, but gets us to Y.
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Y is for yerba santa, the sacred herb (good against headaches, and what's more holy than that?)
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Stetson
Shipmate
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Z is for Zinc, which is apparently used in some homeopathic remedies.
And now...
Scandals: political, financial, celebrity etc.
(If this proves difficult, you can use a given scandal more than once, eg. N is for Nixon, W is for Watergate.)
A is for Abscam, with make-believe sheikhs.
B is for Barings, bankrupted by geeks.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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C is for Clinton, William Jefferson and his impeachment for chasing after tail and lying about it under oath
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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D is for drowned man in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool.
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Piglet
Islander
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E is for Enron, which I believe was scandalous, but as I'm neither an economist nor an American, I don't know why. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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F is for flatulence which stinks up all hearings!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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G is for gangsta rap feud between East Coast and West Coast. Tupac Shakur and Biggy Small, major players in the battle of song and media taunts, both ended up dead of gunfire.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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ArachnidinElmet
Shipmate
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"I know nothing": a common witness statement.
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'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka
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Stetson
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J for J'accuse, Zola's pivotal letter during the Dreyfus Affair.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
# 4544
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K is for Kardashian, any Kardashian. Just because.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Sarkycow
La belle Dame sans merci
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L is for Lavender Lists
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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Murdoch, Rupert - phone hacking scandal and other dodgy events.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Stetson
Shipmate
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N is for...
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I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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