Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos was a book that contained a game in which players had to read the snippet for each letter of the alphabet as fast as they could without making a mistake. Alternatively, several players could read the snippets in a staggered manner. The snippets for each letter contain tongue-twisting mock-Latin names whose content is cumulatively appended at the end of each new letter snippet.[3]
 ODDS NIPPERKINS! cried Mother Bunch on her broomstick | |
| Author | R Stennet |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Anonymous |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Alphabet |
| Genre | Toy book/literary nonsense |
| Publisher | Dean and Munday, Threadneedle Street[1] A. K. Newman and Co., Leadenhall Street[1] |
Publication date | 1825 |
| Publication place | London, Britain |
| Pages | 35[2] |
The book is based on Chrononhotonthologos, which in turn was based on Henry Fielding's Tom Thumb.[3] The book was embellished with sixteen elegantly coloured engravings and sold for 1 shilling.[4]
Excerpt
editThe following is the entry for the letter O:
Odds Nipperkins! cried Mother Bunch on her broomstick, here’s a to do! as Nicholas Hotch-Potch said, Never were such Times, when Muley Hassan, Mufti of Moldavia, put on his Barnacles to see little Tweedle gobble them up, when Kia Khan Kreuse transmogrified them into Pippins, because Snip’s wife said, Illikipilliky, lass a-day! ’tis too bad to titter at a body, when Hamet el Mammet, the bottle-nosed Barber of Balsora, laug[h]ed ha! ha! ha! on beholding the Elephant spout mud over the ’Prentice, who pricked his trunk with a needle, while Dicky Snip the Taylor read the Proclamation of Chrononhotonthologos, offering a thousand sequins for taking Bombardinian, Bashaw of three tails, who killed Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Tuer, Andrew White (1899). Pages and pictures from forgotten children's books. The Leadenhall Press. p. 478. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "R. Stennett, Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ a b Crain, Patricia (2000-12-18). The Story of A: The Alphabetization of America from the New England Primer to the Scarlet Letter. Stanford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8047-3175-1. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Deborah Dent and her donkey. And Madam Fig's gala : two humorous tales : embellished with eighteen beautifully-coloured engravings.
- ^ Stennett, R. (1825). Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos. S. King. p. 27. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
Further reading
edit- Jackson, Mary V. (1989). Engines of instruction, mischief, and magic: children's literature in England from its beginnings to 1839. University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- James, Philip Brutton (1976). Children's books of yesterday. Gale Research Co. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- Opie, Iona Archibald; Opie, Peter (1980-11-06). Nursery companion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-212213-1. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
