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[โ€“] ICastFist 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He can blame english phonetics. Also X being kind of a joker letter. "Why does eks make the sound zee?"

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

The teacher clearly said "letter" though, so phonetics shouldn't come into it. If they were named "Pete," "Psycho Pete" would be reasonable and probably accurate.

Also, xylophone is a noun anyway, so after they redo kindergarten, they'll need to go back to second grade (or maybe first?) and relearn basic grammar.

Finally, English phoenetics is an oxymoron, but I don't think kids get into that concept until later on in school, so I'll give you a pass for now. But everyone knows English pronunciation and spelling aren't related and you just end up memorizing everything anyway.