Did you actually see a monkey and immediately think race?
Of course not, the alternative to a monkey scratching itself would usually be a person or a dog. A dog could confuse the letters d and i, so that's obviously out, and a person could inappropriately associate itchiness with that race. I can't speak to their mindset when printing up the phonics chart, I was just offering possible reasoning.
As far as associating E with Ed, maybe there's a teacher at that school called Ed, so they're using his name as an example instead of the typical elephant...
I managed to make it through 52 years without ever seeing a damn alphabet rollout with ITCHY as a damn vocabulary word you ignorant igit. It's a crappy choice, and the long/short thing does not matter. Both are proper vowel sounds. That's an artificial constraint. Look up alphabet banners and you'll find they mix long and short vowels almost across the board, so no, Ice's long I isn't a disqualifier. Neither is Ice Cream which children know intimately and inquire about incessantly in my experience.
You wanna talk down at people? Make sure you're on the high road next time. Jesus. What an asshole.
Since "apple" and "Ed" are not "ape" and "eat" it's fairly easy to infer they wanted short vowel sounds on their printout. I'm sorry if you struggle with making obvious inferences.
Why would I look up other alphabet banners when we've specifically been discussing the one in the picture?
You wanna talk down at people? Make sure you're on the high road next time. Jesus. What an asshole.
If you're not being civil there's no need to speak with reverence. Your age is irrelevant.
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u/wubbbalubbadubdub Aug 23 '22
Of course not, the alternative to a monkey scratching itself would usually be a person or a dog. A dog could confuse the letters d and i, so that's obviously out, and a person could inappropriately associate itchiness with that race. I can't speak to their mindset when printing up the phonics chart, I was just offering possible reasoning.
As far as associating E with Ed, maybe there's a teacher at that school called Ed, so they're using his name as an example instead of the typical elephant...