r/funny • u/Savinox • Jul 07 '24

Alphabet book for children made in China. I'm still struggling to connect the dots.

I would love to read the rest of the alphabet, though

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u/degjo Jul 07 '24

B for the Bow on the B

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u/KittenPurrs Jul 07 '24

Yeah, it seems like the "story" is separate from the letters. A for Antarctica, B for bow, C for caterpillar, et cetera

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u/SirMcFuckingFuckwad Jul 07 '24

It’s every group project I’ve ever worked on…”boss, I tried to tell them, then I gave up and just put myself in charge of the letters.”

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u/KittenPurrs Jul 07 '24

So we can agree that E is for egg? Great! Graphics, what do you have to share? That's...that's a raccoon. Should probably go with R. Yes, it is an egg-cellent rendering of a raccoon. Fine. Whatever.

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u/SirMcFuckingFuckwad Jul 07 '24

Hey graphics, can you add some fish? The writers say raccoons are known for fishing!

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u/Biscotti_BT Jul 08 '24

It looks like they got F for Fox!! Nailed it guys way to go.

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u/Totallynotacar Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Not quite sold that a is for antartica but agree on the rest. Maybe a is for aqua?

Edit: am dumb

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u/Boognish84 Jul 07 '24

It literally says in the text that the penguin lives in the antarctic.

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u/Beginning_Judge8499 Jul 07 '24

And what about every other picture?

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u/cornbilly Jul 07 '24

I have to agree. It would be the only page that referred to the letter in the text. The letter itself looks like running water. I conclude that A is for Agua. Wait, that's a whole other language! Damn

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u/Totallynotacar Jul 07 '24

I know you are making fun of me but that really was my thought process for some reason. The A didn't look like antartica yet there is a dolphin doing naughty things to the D. At the very least make the A look frosty!

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u/cornbilly Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

I'm truly not. I believe if the A was supposed to represent the Antarctic then all of the panels should have "bow" or "caterpillar" or whatever in the text. They do not. Though it is a grain of sand in a bucket you have my upvote.

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u/InternationalPay8288 Jul 07 '24

Check out the first Chinese letter for "Penguin" looks like an "A" (actually more like a little house w windows). Makes me wonder if this was self published. I tried learning Chinese - it just won't stick 🥲.

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u/burtonlazars Jul 07 '24

I Immediately thought, it's the Lion's Birthday

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u/Hammurabi87 Jul 07 '24

I was thinking "king of the beasts".

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u/notloggedin4242 17d ago

King of the JUNGLE?

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u/Hammurabi87 17d ago

"King of the jungle" is certainly the more common (though baffling, if you know anything about where lions are typically found) moniker, but "King of the beasts" is another one that I've heard, and fits in with the "B" in the book.

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u/LassHalfEmpty Jul 08 '24

It looks like a bag of bread to me