Me: What are some words that begin with the letter "y"?
Buddy: Yo-yo. Yesterday. Yes.
Me. Good. What about the letter "m"?
Buddy: How about the letter "z"?
Me: Sure. Give me some words that start with "z".
Buddy: Zebra. Zipper. Xylephone.
Me: Hmm...actually, Xylephone starts with "x", but I know it sounds like "z".
Buddy: No, it's a "z". It goes zuh, zuh, zuh-xylophone.
Me: ...
Buddy: Zero.
Me: You know what. It's ok if you want xyxlephone to start with a "z". I'll back you up on that. (thinking that "ok, he'll get that one wrong on the test, but I think he can still pass.")
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