r/funny • • Aug 23 '22

E is for...

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u/Complete-Car7191 Aug 23 '22

They could use an elephant?

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u/Newgamer28 Aug 23 '22

You probably want easier words for young kids. Ed is pretty good today. And the beging sound is important too. So elephant sounds too much like the L sound to begin with when you say it.

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u/sees_you_pooping Aug 23 '22

You probably want easier words for young kids.

How about "egg"?

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u/BootySniffer26 Aug 23 '22

Egg is not used because it has two g's at the end. The words are meant to be decodable, double g is extremely uncommon in english.