{"id":1810,"date":"2020-05-19T23:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T23:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naimahassert.com\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2020-08-03T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T19:00:52","slug":"alphabetical-how-every-letter-tells-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prochainelecture.com\/en\/alphabetical-how-every-letter-tells-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who knew that this book who talks about the letters of the alphabet, one at a time, would entertain and inspire me so much?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 400 page book is divided into 26 parts, for the 26 letters of the alphabet. First, we learn the history of the letter in question, how it came to look the way it does now, how the letter is pronounced and why, and what sound it is used to represent. This section ends each time with the possible \"sound-play\" with each letter, which always made me smile. For example, for F : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Sound-play for &#8216;f&#8217; gives us &#8216;fluff&#8217;, and the word my father used for &#8216;don&#8217;t fuss&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;don&#8217;t faff&#8217;. &#8216;Fee-fi-fo-fum&#8230;&#8217; has lasted several centuries. There is also a noise of disbelief doing the rounds which sounds something like &#8216;fwof&#8217;. Unhelpfully enough, sometimes the &#8216;f&#8217; sound can also be written with a &#8216;ph&#8217;: when we say &#8216;phew&#8217; to people we&#8217;re tired or relieved. &#8216;Phwoar&#8217; &#8211; as the noise to mean, &#8216;You&#8217;re sexy&#8217;.<\/p><p>&#8216;For better or for worse&#8217; is a double phrase in which each half is linked by the initial &#8216;f&#8217; in &#8216;for&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>But the best part is what comes after. The author has fun talking about the subject of his choice, related in one way or another to the alphabet, and it is always fascinating. For F, it's \"F is for Font\". Through these multiple sections, I learned a lot about calligraphy and how it has been taught to children over time, about fonts before computers, about the origin of the zip code and the word \"OK\", and I learned why our computer keyboard is organized the way it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The part about computer keyboards inspired me in a completely unexpected way. Michael Rosen pointed out to me that while all children learn to write on paper using a specific method in school, writing on a computer is completely absent from the school curriculum. While I write 10 times more often on a computer, I never learned how to do it properly. So I quickly searched the internet for something that would teach me how to type quickly, and I came across this great site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.typingclub.com\/\">https:\/\/www.typingclub.com\/<\/a>. My boyfriend and I got hooked and spent many evenings practicing like big nerds next to each other. He finished the lessons before I did, and now he's practicing by typing a whole novel thanks to this other great site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keybr.com\/\">https:\/\/www.keybr.com\/<\/a>where in the parameters you can enter your own text to train on. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/wiki\/FR_Page_dAccueil\">Project Gutenberg<\/a> provides us with an infinite source of pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend this book to lovers of words and to parents of curious children who will not fail to be amazed... and who may be lucky enough to want to learn how to type well before they reach adulthood.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qui aurait cru que ce livre qui parle des lettres de l&#8217;alphabet, une \u00e0 la fois, me divertirait et m&#8217;inspirerait autant? Ce livre de 400 pages est divis\u00e9 en 26 parties, pour les 26 lettres de l&#8217;alphabet. D&#8217;abord, on apprend l&#8217;histoire de la lettre en question, comment elle est arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 avoir l&#8217;apparence qu&#8217;elle a actuellement, comment on prononce le nom de la lettre et pourquoi, et quel est le son qu&#8217;elle sert \u00e0 repr\u00e9senter. Cette section finit \u00e0 chaque fois par le &#8220;sound-play&#8221; possible avec chaque lettre, ce qui me faisait toujours sourire. Par exemple, pour F : Sound-play for &#8216;f&#8217; gives us &#8216;fluff&#8217;, and the word my father used for &#8216;don&#8217;t fuss&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;don&#8217;t faff&#8217;. &#8216;Fee-fi-fo-fum&#8230;&#8217; has lasted several centuries. There is also a noise of disbelief doing the rounds which sounds something like &#8216;fwof&#8217;. Unhelpfully enough, sometimes the &#8216;f&#8217; sound can also be written with a &#8216;ph&#8217;: when we say &#8216;phew&#8217; to people we&#8217;re tired or relieved. &#8216;Phwoar&#8217; &#8211; as the noise to mean, &#8216;You&#8217;re sexy&#8217;. &#8216;For better or for worse&#8217; is a double phrase in which each half is linked by the initial &#8216;f&#8217; in &#8216;for&#8217;. Mais le plus savoureux, c&#8217;est ce qui vient apr\u00e8s. L&#8217;auteur s&#8217;amuse \u00e0 parler du sujet de son choix, reli\u00e9 d&#8217;une fa\u00e7on ou d&#8217;une autre \u00e0 l&#8217;alphabet, et c&#8217;est toujours fascinant. Pour F, c&#8217;est : &#8220;F is for Font&#8221;. \u00c0 travers ces multiples sections, j&#8217;ai appris plein de choses sur la calligraphie et comment elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 enseign\u00e9e aux enfants au fil du temps, sur les polices de caract\u00e8res avant l&#8217;arriv\u00e9e des ordinateurs, sur l&#8217;origine du code postal et du mot &#8220;OK&#8221;, et j&#8217;ai appris pourquoi notre clavier d&#8217;ordinateur est organis\u00e9 comme il l&#8217;est. La partie sur les claviers d&#8217;ordinateur m&#8217;a inspir\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on tout \u00e0 fait inattendue. Michael Rosen m&#8217;a fait remarquer qu&#8217;alors que tous les enfants apprennent \u00e0 \u00e9crire sur du papier \u00e0 l&#8217;aide d&#8217;une m\u00e9thode pr\u00e9cise \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9cole, l&#8217;\u00e9criture \u00e0 l&#8217;ordinateur est totalement absente du curriculum scolaire. 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Je conseille ce livre aux amoureux des mots et aux parents d&#8217;enfants curieux qui ne manqueront pas de s&#8217;\u00e9merveiller&#8230; et qui auront peut-\u00eatre la chance de vouloir apprendre comment bien taper \u00e0 l&#8217;ordinateur avant d&#8217;atteindre l&#8217;\u00e2ge adulte.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[252,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-langues-et-linguistique","category-se-renseigner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story - Prochaine lecture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prochainelecture.com\/en\/alphabetical-how-every-letter-tells-a-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story - Prochaine lecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Qui aurait cru que ce livre qui parle des lettres de l&#8217;alphabet, une \u00e0 la fois, me divertirait et m&#8217;inspirerait autant? 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Alors que j&#8217;\u00e9cris 10 fois plus souvent sur un ordinateur, je n&#8217;ai jamais appris \u00e0 le faire correctement. Je me suis alors empress\u00e9e de chercher sur internet ce qui pourrait m&#8217;apprendre \u00e0 taper rapidement, et je suis tomb\u00e9e sur ce site g\u00e9nial : https:\/\/www.typingclub.com\/. Mon amoureux et moi sommes devenus accrocs et on a pass\u00e9 bien des soir\u00e9es \u00e0 se pratiquer comme des gros nerds l&#8217;un \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l&#8217;autre. Il a termin\u00e9 les le\u00e7ons avant moi, et maintenant il s&#8217;entra\u00eene en tapant un roman au complet gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 cet autre site g\u00e9nial https:\/\/www.keybr.com\/, o\u00f9 dans les param\u00e8tres on peut rentrer notre propre texte sur lesquels s&#8217;entra\u00eener. Le projet Gutenberg nous fournit pour \u00e7a une source infinie de plaisir. 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Ce livre de 400 pages est divis\u00e9 en 26 parties, pour les 26 lettres de l&#8217;alphabet. D&#8217;abord, on apprend l&#8217;histoire de la lettre en question, comment elle est arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 avoir l&#8217;apparence qu&#8217;elle a actuellement, comment on prononce le nom de la lettre et pourquoi, et quel est le son qu&#8217;elle sert \u00e0 repr\u00e9senter. Cette section finit \u00e0 chaque fois par le &#8220;sound-play&#8221; possible avec chaque lettre, ce qui me faisait toujours sourire. Par exemple, pour F : Sound-play for &#8216;f&#8217; gives us &#8216;fluff&#8217;, and the word my father used for &#8216;don&#8217;t fuss&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;don&#8217;t faff&#8217;. &#8216;Fee-fi-fo-fum&#8230;&#8217; has lasted several centuries. There is also a noise of disbelief doing the rounds which sounds something like &#8216;fwof&#8217;. Unhelpfully enough, sometimes the &#8216;f&#8217; sound can also be written with a &#8216;ph&#8217;: when we say &#8216;phew&#8217; to people we&#8217;re tired or relieved. &#8216;Phwoar&#8217; &#8211; as the noise to mean, &#8216;You&#8217;re sexy&#8217;. &#8216;For better or for worse&#8217; is a double phrase in which each half is linked by the initial &#8216;f&#8217; in &#8216;for&#8217;. Mais le plus savoureux, c&#8217;est ce qui vient apr\u00e8s. L&#8217;auteur s&#8217;amuse \u00e0 parler du sujet de son choix, reli\u00e9 d&#8217;une fa\u00e7on ou d&#8217;une autre \u00e0 l&#8217;alphabet, et c&#8217;est toujours fascinant. Pour F, c&#8217;est : &#8220;F is for Font&#8221;. \u00c0 travers ces multiples sections, j&#8217;ai appris plein de choses sur la calligraphie et comment elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 enseign\u00e9e aux enfants au fil du temps, sur les polices de caract\u00e8res avant l&#8217;arriv\u00e9e des ordinateurs, sur l&#8217;origine du code postal et du mot &#8220;OK&#8221;, et j&#8217;ai appris pourquoi notre clavier d&#8217;ordinateur est organis\u00e9 comme il l&#8217;est. La partie sur les claviers d&#8217;ordinateur m&#8217;a inspir\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on tout \u00e0 fait inattendue. Michael Rosen m&#8217;a fait remarquer qu&#8217;alors que tous les enfants apprennent \u00e0 \u00e9crire sur du papier \u00e0 l&#8217;aide d&#8217;une m\u00e9thode pr\u00e9cise \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9cole, l&#8217;\u00e9criture \u00e0 l&#8217;ordinateur est totalement absente du curriculum scolaire. Alors que j&#8217;\u00e9cris 10 fois plus souvent sur un ordinateur, je n&#8217;ai jamais appris \u00e0 le faire correctement. Je me suis alors empress\u00e9e de chercher sur internet ce qui pourrait m&#8217;apprendre \u00e0 taper rapidement, et je suis tomb\u00e9e sur ce site g\u00e9nial : https:\/\/www.typingclub.com\/. Mon amoureux et moi sommes devenus accrocs et on a pass\u00e9 bien des soir\u00e9es \u00e0 se pratiquer comme des gros nerds l&#8217;un \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l&#8217;autre. Il a termin\u00e9 les le\u00e7ons avant moi, et maintenant il s&#8217;entra\u00eene en tapant un roman au complet gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 cet autre site g\u00e9nial https:\/\/www.keybr.com\/, o\u00f9 dans les param\u00e8tres on peut rentrer notre propre texte sur lesquels s&#8217;entra\u00eener. Le projet Gutenberg nous fournit pour \u00e7a une source infinie de plaisir. 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