The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for May 22, 2015
May 21, 2015
May 23, 2015
Transcript:
Teacher: Hurricane Hattie, your word to spell is xylophone... Hurricane Hattie O'Hara: Z-I-L-A-F-O-N-E. Teacher: Wrong. It is spelled X-Y-L-O-P-H-O-N-E. Hurricane Hattie O'Hara: No fair! You gave me a word invented by someone who couldn't spell!
Daniel Aplet almost 9 years ago
I would have said the same thing,why is it spelled with an “X”
Sportymonk almost 9 years ago
No Hattie, it should be Z-I-L-O-fone
JaneCl almost 9 years ago
There was a need for something to picture between “W” and “Y”
sacldczoo almost 9 years ago
Actually it has Greek roots. Xylos-wood+Phone-sound.
cbrsarah almost 9 years ago
And this is where phonics fail miserably. My husband said if he had been taught to spell with phonics, he would get the majority of words spelled wrong.
jppjr almost 9 years ago
Try sergeant on for size!! Uhh…sargent? nope!!
Jim Kerner almost 9 years ago
Excuses Excuses
drdougsteward almost 9 years ago
enuff about fonics … hoo sez I kant spell?