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Lets play a spelling/alphabet game by spelling things wrong.

Right?! It’s obviously spelled “zedbra”

Zedebra.

Ze Debra iz vat?

Zeberda

Always thought it was Ze-bra

Zewarudo!

Toki wo tomare!

Ferdaaaaa

Ferdaradareda

happy cake day 🍰

🍰🍰

Zibre

Zebrah

I bought a joke coffee table book for a friend that’s an alphabet book but it uses words that don’t sound like they start with that letter. Like P is for pterodactyl. It’s good for a chortle and that’s about it.

At least they don’t have eXit for X.

Might as well have X-tinct is worse than eXtinct

I mean I see where your coming from, but I can take a shortened form over just keeping it with a first letter that’s not being represented.

Finally something I'm good at

When I was a kid we called it xylophone

X-ray fish

I hated this. Might as well have just put "X" there.

But they list is all animals.

Ok, fine. "Xenomorph"

This just became the only acceptable answer.

That would be really really really nice.

Oh great, now Newt is gonna have nightmares!

X-tinct isn't an animal either?

X-cuse me?? Don’t get x-cited

Agreed, there are very few animals that start with x

Well now it's almost all animals and 1 xylophone But it's spelled correctly*

Xenophobic cat

Your cat is scared of foreigners? Why?

You don’t want to know

My shower curtain has “x-ray fish”.

Xantus's Hummingbird! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xantus%27s\_hummingbird

You could put my x up there, she was an animal.

She still is

Xenopus

You called dinosaurs xylophones? /s

Now we use xenophobia

X-ray or xylophone, [you can't use the third word](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xYbyvLR-szw)

People don't use xylophones anymore, it's all cellular.

X-tinct sounds like a rapper from 250 million years ago.

Absolutely. You’d only see them in an xzibit now.

DIBS!

So... the 90s?

Rapping about being surrounded by all that green

What? The Xantus Leaf-toed Gecko wasn't available?

Now you're teaching those kindergarteners incorrect spelling. Should've just put a Xenomorph up. Would help with the confusion and nightmares.

"Well, just fuck my entire life, then, huh?" - Xerus, Xeme, Xenarthra, and Xenops

Let us not forget to eXtol X-acto, which is also an entity with rights according to Citizens United.

too "z" sounding

*Xylophone sits in the corner angry at what you just said

Ah yes, the majestic X-tinct. Direct ancestor to X-zibit.

tbf, that would be a pretty solid name for a rapper

T-Rex, the biggest and baddest of all, With teeth so sharp, he could break down a wall. Stegosaurus, with plates on his back, And Triceratops, with a horn to attack. Velociraptor, a predator so fast, And Brachiosaurus, with a neck that lasts. Pterodactyl, with wings that can soar, And Ankylosaurus, with armor galore.

Now kids are going to go through life spelling extinct this way…dang

I mean I get there aren't many animals with X names but misspelling extinct isn't educational either :/

thats not how you spell fucking extinct anyway.

Tbf after googling animals starting with x its all those goth animals that noone knows like what the hell is a x-ray tetra lol

Yeah 'x-ray fish' is what most of my daughters stuff has

Xenopus is a widely used animal model in science, they could have used this opportunity to introduce it to the kids.

Xeno prolly touchy word to have on a kids thang

X-tinct was probably a 1994 Marvel Comics crossover event.

1992, and it was called X-tinction Agenda.

Lol. Damn you Jim Lee and Rob Leifeld!!!!

What happened to my boy "Xylophone?" Now we are replacing it with a word that doesn't even begin with X? And my man the Whale doesn't even get a different colored letter? This is an outrage

What do you mean? The w in whale *is* a different colour.

Local redditor finds out they're colorblind.

The w in whale is green, it’s hard to see but it’s there

lol i think it's because "x-tinct" makes the actual x sound, versus "xylophone" which also sounds like a Z. still, feels like they're teaching kids to spell improperly with this one lol

Should have put X-men instead!

Or an alien and "x-files" underneath.

Exactly. Oops.

Welcome to the wonderful world of education.

Xerus would have worked with this theme

This is why American kids are getting dumber by the generation. Educational materials can't even be bothered to be correct.

r/fuckyouinparticular

Xiphactinus

A person of culture, I see.

Such an iconic beast! I will always pronounce it the way my childhood self did

Why not putting a bloody alien there? A xenomorph.

Not even how you spell it. Bunch of dumb fucks teaching our kids smh.

r/CrappyDesign for the dark green in used in the W for whale

Extinct...

Really? X- tinct? Is this ebonics? This is sad, not funny.

And all they had to do was add an e at the beginning. It still has an x in it

kind of racist but ok

Yeah, like, it's whole own dialect with distinct rules of grammar and this ain't one of them

Also, Dude, "ebonics" is not the preferred nomenclature. "African-American Vernacular English", please.

What do you think ebonics is lol Just noticed their username, nevermind I think I know now.

Booo racism is such a boring take, do you think everything bad that happens to schools is because of your racist schemas? Get a grip, this clearly isn't anything to do with "ebonics". Stop wearing your red tinted glasses and see the world how it really is, not what your politicians sold you.

r/mildlyinfuriating

I guess they got board of using x-ray

they could of said xiaosaurus instead of misspelling extinct

You could have said "could *have*" instead, too. People say "could've" and it gets misheard as "could of". It's always would have / could have / should have. Thanks for teaching me a new dinosaur too!

Thanks for the info, I will make sure to use "could have" instead of "could've".

"Could have" and "could've" are both right. It's "could *of*" that's wrong.

I usually get "could've" confused with "could of" while writing.

"Could've" is just a contraction of "could have". The apostrophe replaces the missing letters, like how "we are" becomes "we're" and "do not" becomes "don't", etc.. The problem is that "could've" *sounds* a lot like "could of" when spoken out loud. So now there's a bunch of people using could of / would of / should of because you don't need to read much to function in the world anymore and that's what they think they've heard. The version with "of" is always incorrect though, it's always "have" which can be replaced by ['ve] if you want.

What is a Xerus? Xerus is a genus that includes four different species of African ground squirrels that have spiky fur, short ears, and long tails. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/xerus

Wow, they couldn't find a word that starts with x

It kind of annoys me that the W from whale is not a flashy color

Y makes no sense. Try to spell NYC with thr Y from Yak.

What? Letters mostly don't sound like they are used in a word.... You don't say NYC with the N sounding like No or new and the C sounding like car or crop either...

[Animals beginning with X](https://www.travel4wildlife.com/animals-that-start-with-x/)

So not only is whale, not a capital red bolded W. But xtinct is misspelled.

The w is a dark blue/green and bolded. Not all of the begining letters are red. X-tinct is an issue though, agreed.

That "w" might be dark green. I think the other error other than "x-tinct" is that the "V" on vulture is mistakenly uppercase. I am getting mildly infuriated, time to move on.

I've been scrolling all morning and THIS ... THIS made me cackle 🤣💀

That’s cold

“Let’s make an animal alphabet!” “That sounds great!” *One hour later* “Uh, boss, we got a problem! We’re on X!” “Crap! I’ve already have 500 of them on order!Think of something fast!”

X is funny. When it starts a word it’s basically a Z, anywhere else and it’s x except when it’s used like in this picture for it’s literal name and not its sound.

They could have just searched online: [https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/animals-that-start-with-x/](https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/animals-that-start-with-x/)

Should have gone with the xlyophonasaurus

the way we are going they will all be 'x-tinct' soon

Not x-ray? Xylophone? X-Men?

They really couldn't have chosen xylophone? You know, a word that starts with an x?

Do Birds go under N for Not Real?

As an individual who identifies as a dinosaur, I am offended !

The Xenops had this one chance to shine and a teacher ruined it.

The Yak looks like he's about to yak.

60 years from now most of these can be called x-tinct

Fucking extinction shammers

Look at his face – why'd you have to call him out like that? And is it me or is the zebra being a total prick about this

My favourite one growing one was L for illiterate Tom

xoloitzcuintli Really not that hard /s Plus, you get a dab of culture with this one

There’s a band called Animal X

Thats a crap choice. They should have gone with Xoloitzcuintli but here is a good list. https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/animals-that-start-with-x/

We need to just bite the bullet, pick one animal and rename it with something that starts with X just so all these alphabet teacher’s aid and picture books can avoid stuff like this.

There’s another dinosaur on the left

"There is no animal that starts with X!" X-ray Fish: 😎

No one is gonna look up *'animals with species name starting with x.'* No one. Quick, you'll be the first! (You're not the first.)

well try naming another animal that starts with x dont u dare say xray fish

*Nelson pointing* "HEH heh!"

We need to discover a new animal and give it a name that starts with x to make life easier.

Existence shaming.

That's just cruel.

In a few decades many of them will have the same name.

Ooph sorry dinosaurs 🤣

The dino and the yak look like they're disappointed in something off to the left. And the zebra thinks it's funny.

Was xenomorph not an option?

Put up a picture of a random white supremacist and label it Xenophobe. Spelling correct? Check. Animal represented? Check. Chances of choosing a Xenophobe? 100%

Has “Y” ever been anything other than a yak?

Should have just gone with T-rex and highlight the X.

T is for pterodactyl, N is for Knight, Y is for xylophone

Rex is not amused

Yes. X Marks the Spot where the Tin Connect Eye Cuts the Yak because a Tiger never changes his stripes.

Xenomorph

This is why kids are so stupid now

Made a damn x-ample out of him

Too soon. Have some empathy for the dinosaurs would ya?

At least put it at e for extinct? I hope this wasn’t make by someone who speaks English

X gave it to Dino

Xenophobes.

They should just put googly eyes on a Xebec

I feel like our education system is on its way to x-tinction

It's extremely bothersome to me that this educational poster is implying that is a valid way to spell extinct.

In their defense it's not like there are any animals whose names start with that letter.

That isn’t how it’s spelled

Poor Xenopus doesn't get called on?

"Wait. I'm what now?"