I'm not a person that can remember any kind of a ditty. My late husband was full of them. Some where military, some mathematical, (although he couldn't apply them), and some where even educational. He had one that I was always asking him to repeat. It was about which months that had 31 days in them. Do any of you remember that one? Of course even after almost 48 years, I can't remember it, and I know that poor man must have repeated it at least 3 or 4 times a year. Trying to remember this ditty got me to wondering how many other people used ditties. Do any of you have interesting ditties you would care to share.
The way I learned it as a child: 30 days has September, April, June, and November; all the rest have 31, except February and its leap years. (oops, had a typo there!)
"I" before "E" except after "C" or when sounded like "A" as in "neighbor" or "weigh." Of course, that one could get you into trouble on occasion because there are other exceptions to the rule, such as "atheist," "species," "vein," and "weird." The alphabet itself was a ditty, when repeated musically... A, B, C, D, E, F G H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P Q, R, S, T U and V W, X, Y, and Z.
@Ken Anderson Another exception to the "i before e except after c rule", only one I ever remember: ancient. Frank
Yes @Janice Martin, that's the one. Thank you! I'll work on it. It's funny what little things you depend on others for. I did the mathematics, and he remembered the lyrics. @Ken Anderson I still use both of those ditties. If I don't, people make fun of me. Mathematics are full of ditties, but most people call them ...
M I crook a letter , crook a letter I hump back, hump back, I ......Missippi. Hey maybe it was Texas thang
Not entirely- I recall a couple of the kids in my elementary school reciting that one... and I'm a Yankee
I remember the Mississippi dittie but the boys would always shout out "i pee pee i" and the teacher would have to "crack down" on them...while the whole class "cracked up!"
I noticed it, too, and was chuckling; but then Bobby said that he thought they actually pronounced it that way in Texas, and you did it intentionally. We did the music ones, too, but said "Every good boy deserves fudge".
Gosh Gloria, one of us is always spelling something wrong so we just gave you the benefit of the doubt!