Appalling Facts about our Traditional English Alphabet Names
As teachers of reading, writing and spelling in English, we use the alphabet labels “aee, bee, cee, dee,” etc. as such a familiar set of labels that we scarcely notice how totally engrained they are in our minds from childhood onwards. Some years ago, while teaching English to 6, 7 and 8-year old children in England who were falling behind in learning to read, I found myself standing back and looking at these alphabet labels...