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A comment on “Eeny, meeny, miny, mo” and the ambiguous history of counting-out rhymes (2015). Parent comment

Re:“Eeny, meeny, miny, mo” and the ambiguous history of coun... by rippercushions on Sunday December 11, 2022 @08:33AM (#33943002)
This is language-dependent. The Japanese syllabary is sorted in the order a-i-u-e-o, which is weird to the Western ear, but as ubiquitous as A-B-C in Japan.
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