Alphabet Question

[DeezyMac]

I'm writing a song called "King" and one of the lines go:
"I'm a G, with K-I-N behind it.
'Cuz my family behind me, supporting me until I'm dying..."

One of my old old songs has a line that goes:
"I run the streets and never ever have to take a rest.
The rest of y'all are all behind this G, like A through F."

And it sparked days worth of controversy with everyone who heard it because apparently if a letter is "behind" another letter, that means it comes after it. So they interpreted it as "GKIN".

To me, this makes absolutely no sense. We read from left to right. So wouldn't it be logical that anything that's to the left of a letter is considered "behind it" if we're moving from A to Z? So I asked them, name a letter that's behind M. And they all said things such as "N, P, Q, Z" etc. They then directed my attention to my old Lil' Wayne poster, and asked me is the "Lil" is front of, or behind, the word "Wayne". Of course I said behind, and they disagreed again.

Maybe I'm wrong, idk. But if I am, they damn sure didn't do a good job of explaining it to me. Because letters/words that come AFTER another sure look like they're in front of it to me.

Who's right?

[Sportz]

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You're wrong.


Oh my god. This is just pitiful. I honestly cried reading this. You are worse than a child with trisomy 21.

[ProBitaz.]

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Sportz is right. I never understood that i school either. I always switched them.

[DeezyMac]

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You're wrong.


Oh my god. This is just pitiful. I honestly cried reading this. You are worse than a child with trisomy 21.

When you're done trying to impress your internet friends, would you care to explain why I'm wrong? Don't care that I'm wrong, I just want the reasoning behind it.

[Proof]

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this is not a good site to ask grammar questions

[JAYRMe]

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When you read a sentence you read from left to right correct?
In order for a word to be behind another word it would have to come after therefore being "behind" that word.
Same goes for letters, you spell words from left to right. When someone asks you to spell Wayne you don't say E-N-Y-A-W you say W-A-Y-N-E You state the letter in order of which the are written left to right.

[Tunechi Lionches]

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1) You said "I'm a G with K-I-N after it"
That would make it GKIN. Your line said that the "KIN" is after the "G"

2) The G with the A through F line makes sense

3) "Lil'" comes before "Wayne"

[TheRealMH]

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1) You said "I'm a G with K-I-N after it"
That would make it GKIN. Your line said that the "KIN" is after the "G"

2) The G with the A through F line makes sense

3) "Lil'" comes before "Wayne"

how?

[Sportz]

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1. Look up the definition of "behind"
2. ???
3. Profit

[Tunechi Lionches]

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how?

Because A, B, C, D, E, & F are behind G . Imagine the alphabet as 26 squares. You start at the square labeled A, and when you walk up to the square labeled G the letters A - F are now behind you

1. Look up the definition of "behind"
2. ???
3. Profit

Was this directed to me or the threadstarter?

[TheRealMH]

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Because A, B, C, D, E, & F are behind G . Imagine the alphabet as 26 squares. You start at the square labeled A, and when you walk up to the square labeled G the letters A - F are now behind you

Was this directed to me or the threadstarter?

so basicly if you are at G you're past A trough F

[RiCH HOMiE QUiL]

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lmao what the fuck, is this a troll

---------- Post added at 02:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:01 AM ----------

I'm writing a song called "King" and one of the lines go:
"I'm a G, with K-I-N behind it.
'Cuz my family behind me, supporting me until I'm dying..."

One of my old old songs has a line that goes:
"I run the streets and never ever have to take a rest.
The rest of y'all are all behind this G, like A through F."

And it sparked days worth of controversy with everyone who heard it because apparently if a letter is "behind" another letter, that means it comes after it. So they interpreted it as "GKIN".

To me, this makes absolutely no sense. We read from left to right. So wouldn't it be logical that anything that's to the left of a letter is considered "behind it" if we're moving from A to Z? So I asked them, name a letter that's behind M. And they all said things such as "N, P, Q, Z" etc. They then directed my attention to my old Lil' Wayne poster, and asked me is the "Lil" is front of, or behind, the word "Wayne". Of course I said behind, and they disagreed again.

Maybe I'm wrong, idk. But if I am, they damn sure didn't do a good job of explaining it to me. Because letters/words that come AFTER another sure look like they're in front of it to me.

Who's right?

this cracked me up lmfaoooo