I remember asking my Mama if there were two "N"s in the alphabet: the first one falling between "M" and "O" and the other one between "Y" and "Z". Singing the alphabet, the "and" always sounded like an "N" to me :) Now I understand that there is only one!
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- I used to believe there were two "N"'s in the alphabet. As in... L, M, N, O, P..... and X, Y, N, Z.— kim
- I used to belive there were two N's in the alphabet, one after M and one before Z.Anon
- When I was little I thought that you said minnow in the alphabet. You know m, n, o...— Brandy
- My cousin, who's my age always thought there were two n's in the alphabet. 'l-m-N-o-p' and 'w-x-y-N-z'— Ashley
- In preschool, I thought that the letter N came twice in the alphabet- W X Y N ZAnon
- I used to think the LMNOP part of the alphabet was, elemenopee.— Christina