For years, whenever I read about the Greeks forming the original alphabet in my grammar/English books, an odd scene popped up in my mind.
It involved 50-odd people in togas standing in a huge building. They'd divide into groups of two or three and go into seperate rooms. From there, they'd start sketching letters from the modern-day alphabet on pieces of paper, altering and changing them until they were satisfied (I always imagined that the people who came up with L were really lazy). I still think about this scene to this day.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- Based on that memorable scene from the "Wizard of Oz," I used to believe that people died from shrinking!— Julie
- 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
- I used to think that rice grains were little pieces of pasta, rather than naturally forming grains.— Richard Davies
- 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