Games People Play - Karen Bush
Are we going yet? Faced with a long and tedious drive to visit friends and relatives over the Christmas period? Why not try the Alternative Alphabet game? Also known variously in other circles as The Swing Alphabet, The Silly alphabet and the True Alphabet, and it's a lot more fun than the NATO phonetic alphabet. I was introduced to this many years ago by my lovely friend Dilys - sadly no longer with us, but the game lives on. An American acquaintance of my Dad did try to get us onto Inky Pinky (the English version may be more familiar to you as Wonky Donkey) but The Alternative Alphabet is far, far more fun, and has helped me wile away many a weary motorway mile. Can be played by 1 or more ... Here are some of my favourite examples to get you started: A for 'orses: cadopear: ism: Gardner B for mutton: brook: honey C for miles: looking: yourself D for rent: Kate E for Adam: lump: or: so careful F for yours: so nice; vescent G for...