Those of you with aspiring spelling- bee contestants in the house might want to upgrade your pre-schooler's training song with this ditty from "Barenaked Ladies," reminiscent of the old joke about spelling "fish" as "ghoti":
A is for aisle, B is for bdellium
C is for Czar (and if you see him, would you mind telling him?)
D is for djinn, E for Euphrates
F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies
G for gnarly, I for irk, H is for hour
J is for jalapeno, in either corn or flour
Tortillas
K is for knickknack, L is for llama
M for mnemonic, N for ndomo
O is for ouija board, P for pneumonia,
Pterodactyl, and psychosis; Q is for qat
R is for argyle (I couldn't find a good R word)
S is for Saar, a lovely German river
T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver
U is for urn, but not like earning money
V for vraisemblance, from French and therefore funny
W for wren, wrinkly, and who
X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true
Y is for yiperite, a very nasty gas
And zed's the final letter and by final I mean last.
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