The Alphaderp

[RobSmith]

I'd wager that you're probably in the minority if you DIDN'T do this.

 

[buchtis]

I'm exactly the same. Got too many good memories clogging my brain to remember the alphabet.

 

[SheepBeast]

OP, yeah I'm the same.

 

[Zefan]

Seriously OP?

I thought people stopped doing this when they were in primary school. I can just imagine it now, all you man children sticking your tongues out and counting on your fingers, yearning for an abacus or some sort of coloured chart while singing "Twinkle twinkle little star " in your head just to remember a ****ing letter.

This is what is wrong with the education system right here. What more evidence do you need?

 

[Nitefly]

Seriously OP?

I thought people stopped doing this when they were in primary school. I can just imagine it now, all you man children sticking your tongues out and counting on your fingers, yearning for an abacus or some sort of coloured chart while singing "Twinkle twinkle little star " in your head just to remember a ****ing letter.

This is what is wrong with the education system right here. What more evidence do you need?

Whatever ****** boy

Edit - haha autostarred competitor! But you did work there

 

[Feef]

I don't have an issue with this. But then, language is my "thing", I'm rubbish at maths and science

 

[MOOGLEYS]

I do exactly the same.

 

[Energizer Bunny]

I do this with numbers

 

[A.N.Other]

erm.... dont you mean M-N?

Just testing, just testing ...

 

[RomanNose]

I think it's fair to say that no matter what your age is, it is quite possible to not have any common sense. My dad is 50 odd, he can't even use a washing machine and gets his mum do the laundry! And guess what? He has a washing machine.

 

[Nitefly]

I think it's fair to say that no matter what your age is, it is quite possible to not have any common sense. My dad is 50 odd, he can't even use a washing machine and gets his mum do the laundry! And guess what? He has a washing machine.

What are you saying? *sniff*

 

[Makhaira]

Not for the alphabet, but I do it for checking how many days are in a month!

 

[Mark A]

I too do this. I guess it's because you're taught the alphabet in the first year at primary school using that song and that's the last time you bother with the alphabet again until you need to search through a yellow pages or something .

 

[Supercow]

I count/make sums in my head by counting the dots on a dice that's rolled on 5 ( in stead of counting my fingers)

 

[PardonTheWait]

I do this with months. Whenever I need to do anything to do with months, I know that I'm right, but I have to run through it in my mind to check.

 

[Supercow]

I do this with months. Whenever I need to do anything to do with months, I know that I'm right, but I have to run through it in my mind to check.

That's what knuckles are for silly!

 

[Elixir]

What, so you all have to start at A every time?

I remember them in groups... ADC, DE, FGH, IJKL, MNOP, QRSTUV, WXYZ. If I need to remember the order I can just remember the group it's in and work it out from there.

 

[Efour]

i just said Zee in my head. Now i feel dirty.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

It's incredible that adults who have presumably some kind of basic education behind them have to sing a toddler's song to work out how the alphabet works.

Having said that, I don't know how many days there are in each month and can't remember the silly song that tells you

 

[gillywibble]

I don't have the alphabet problem. In fact, I know which number every letter is off by heart.

However, I have to mentally work out east from west