On: What character was removed from the alphabet? (202...

[kazinator]

By the way, there is a really irritating Japanese version of the English alphabet song whose verses don't end on the "ee" letters: G, P, V, Z. (Z being "zee" in the USA). So there is no rhyme, and less variety in rhythm.

It goes something like.

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N

O P Q R S T U

V W and X Y Z

Y and Z

Here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZNXUWh9Do

*facepalm*

[quietbritishjim → kazinator]

I cant watch the video now, but the British version is a bit like that:

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N

O P Q

R S T

U V W X Y Z

Yes it doesn't rhyme but it scans so much better that, once you're used to it, the American LMNOP version sounds ridiculous.

[kazinator → quietbritishjim]

The LMNOP is just rhythmic variations: you have a run of 16th notes.

Such a pattern of 16ths occurs in "have you any wool" in the English nursery rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep", which is sung to the same tune.

[quietbritishjim → kazinator]

I agree that sort of flourish is a lot of fun, if it's not in a song trying to teach you something so fundamental.

[TRiG_Ireland → kazinator]

You're not wrong. That is distressing.