I was vaguely aware of the alphabet although not yet in school. When my older brothers sang the alphabet song, fast, at the L-M-N-O-P part, I thought that that was a letter 'P' that had the quality of being 'Elemeno' (whatever that was) in addition to the regular 'P'...
A childhood belief about spelling
you weren't the only one
58 of you believed this
- I used to believe that there were two kinds of "P": the regular one, and the elemeno P.
L-M-N-O-P.— Megan - that the twefth letter of the alphabet was "elemeno" like: a b c d e f g h i j k elemeno p— feivel
- When I was learning the alphabet,I thought elemeno was one word.— Rick H.
- My friend Chris told me that when he was young, he thought that "elemeno" was the letter between k and p.— Jocelyn666
- I used to believe LMNOP was one whole letter.— Walked
- I could never figure out what an "Elomenopee" was till I learned the alphabet a bit better. "L-M-N-O-P"— Lula