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Enough is enough

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Well, what other word do you use to teach a kid the alphabet? Xenophoe? Xenomorph?

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- xenophobe
  
  That way you can teach the concepts of bigotry and tolerance from a young age.
  
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  I don't know, a 5 year old might think that's a cool word and say they want to be xenophobe when they grow up.
  
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- Xolo - hairless Mexican dog
  
  Xenops - small bird
  
  (I don’t use X-Ray because saying the letter X doesn’t make either of the letter’s major phonetic sounds.)
  
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  saying the letter X doesn’t make either of the letter’s major phonetic sounds
  
  Excuse me?
  
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- Xanthan gum
  
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- X-ray? X, Professor? Xerox?
  
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- Xenon? Xylem? Xenobiology? Xanthoma? Xylocarp? Xiphoid? Xerosis? Xyster? The scrabble favorites xi and xu?
  
  There's loads of cool words that begin with x
  
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  Xylophone: fun, colorful, easy for a kid to remember as a cute little instrument
  
  Xenon: An inert gas used in... MRI scans, I think?
  
  X-ray is probably the only other 'X' word with more real-world representation than xylophone, and as pointed out above, that's not quite representative of how the letter is used phonetically in the rest of the language.
  
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- Xenomorph, gotta teach them young that sometimes it's best to just nuke the whole thing from orbit.
  
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- X-TREME
  
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I see someone's a marimba fan.

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- Marimba! Marimba!!
  
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  They just have a fuller sound. Marimba master race!
  
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The word “xylophone” comes from the Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon) meaning “wood” and φωνή (phōnḗ) meaning “sound” or “voice.”

So this instrument with metal bars that you hit with a hammer to produce sound is called a…?

That’s right! A “glockenspiel!”

(I stole this from someone else on the internet.)

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Xylophobe

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Yeah, vibraphones is where it's at!

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- Tortoise was the first group i heard using them, led me get into some of vibraphonist Cal Tjader's material and some lesser known vibraphone groups/artists (though Tortoise is much more my speed) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EPqmgY6WTVw
  
  Though she often played marimba, Frank Zappa's percussionist Ruth Underwood was a monster with the mallets as well... Again not vibraphones in this particular example but anyone who digs them may want to see this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Sq0chFjps
  
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- It was always an exciting day in band when we got to turn the vibrophone resonator fans on.
  
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As a father of toddlers learning ABCs, I agree. I've seen some weird side steps, like X-ray Fish for an animal themed one, or Xerox--- a company name. Or just straight up Fox because they couldn't think of Xylophone or any other X words.

But, what's the age appropriate alternative?

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- X formerly known as Twitter?
  
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  Xitter!
  
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- You could teach them about the wonderful sport of xarebut then you'd have to explain all the basque pelota sports
  
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- Xavier, Charles
  
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- Mr X to the Z Xzibit
  
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Someone going to pop a glockenspiel

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Big xylophone is gerrymandering the alphabet.

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In cartoons and music geared toward toddlers, I agree.

Where's the sick-ass xylophone solos in heavy metal though?

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- https://youtu.be/VZi0y_ct23k
  
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anti-xylophilism

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- xylopathia
  
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No it's not enough.

Ita a great sound, it's woody, it's haunting it's under-utilised in rock music.

https://youtu.be/ou7GZDeOp3g?si=eUvuv82oIQvo3I0y

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Possibly overrepresented on a couple Frank Zappa albums..

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- ~~Possibly overrepresented~~ Prominently featured on a couple Frank Zappa albums..
  
  Kidding aside, it's all a matter of taste! Luckily with Zappa there are tons of flavors to choose from 😆
  
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  I know that's right. We all fuckin love Ruth!
  
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Me, rubbing my fingers across the metal bars of the instrument: "This isn't a xylophone, you fool! It's a stinking glockenspiel!"

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Xerces is a nice alternative

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