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A
- 1 is A as in ANCHORMAN
- because there is one anchorman in front of the camera during the news
- broadcast.
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B
- 2 is B as in BUGS
- BUNNY because he has two big ears.
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C
- 3 is C as in CAMPING
- because the international sign for camping is a triangle.
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D
- 4 is D as in DROMEDARY
- because it crosses the desert on four legs.
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E
- 5 is E as in ELEPHANT
- because it has four legs and a trunk making five.
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F
- 6 is F as in FLUTE
- because of the six holes up front.
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G
- 7 is G as in GARDEN
- (of Eden) because on the seventh day he rested in the garden.
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H
- 8 is H as in HAT
- because the figure 8 with a horizontal line through the top loop looks like Mr.
- Peanut with his top hat.
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I
- 9 is I as in an INDIAN
- because an Indian brave has 9 feathers in his headdress.
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J
- 10 is J as in JAPANESE
- because the Japanese business people think in terms of decades or ten year
- increments.
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K
- 11 is K as in KILO
- because kilo is a measurement and with eleven decimal places you can calculate
- the distance from the earth to the center of the galaxy to the last few inches.
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L
- 12 is L as in LADDER
- because a fireman can use a 12 rung ladder to save a child on the second story
- of a house.
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M
- 13 is M as in MILITARY
- because a dozen soldiers and their leader makes the thirteen in the film “The
- Dirty Dozen.”
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N
- 14 is N as in NO-THEATER
- because the Japanese No-Theater was developed in the 14th century.
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O
- 15 is O as in THE
- OLYMPIC GAMES because 15 hundredths of a second cannot be seen in a photo
- finish but can mean the difference between a gold or silver medal in the games.
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P
- 16 is P as in the PAIR
- of sixteen year olds named Paul and Mary who can be married in Germany.
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Q
- 17 is Q as in QUEST
- the name of the space station, because it has seventeen levels within it.
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R
- 18 is R as in ROLLING
- HOME or RECREATIONAL VEHICLE because you need to be eighteen
- years of age to rent one.
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S
- 19 is S as in STUDENT
- because nineteen is the average age of a person starting college.
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T
- 20 is T as in TENNIS
- because the score is Two-Love or Two-Zero (twenty).
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U
- 21 is U as in UNPUNCTUALITY
- because missing an appointment at 9:00 PM or 21:00 hours is unpunctual.
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V
- 22 is V as in VASE
- because the creative craft of pottery used to form a vase can be creatively
- mimicked by flipping the left digit horizontally making the 2 and 2 look like a
- vase.
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W
- 23 is W as in WEIGHING
- SCALE because on opposite trays of the scale are the numbers two and
- three.
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X
- 24 is X as in XYLOPHONE
- (or X-MAS) because on December 24th, a toy xylophone with 24
- notes is received as a gift.
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Y
- 25 is Y as in YACHT
- because your 25 yard (75 foot) yacht sits in the harbor ready to sail away.
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Z
- 26 is Z as in ZEPPLIN
- because the new freight moving zeppelin with number 26 painted on it can lower
- itself 26 yards.
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