And neither is a phonetic alphabet. They're spelling alphabets. But that doesn't sound as cool
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P is for Pterodactyl.
There is a children's book with that title that my kids liked when they were small. Thanks for the memory prompt!
From the book:
A is for Aisle
B is for Bdellium
C is for Czar
D is for Djibouti
E is for Ewe
F is not for Photo, phlegm, phooey, or phone
G is for Gnocchi
H is for Heir
I is not for Eye
J is for Jai Alai
K is for Knight
L is not for Elle
M is Mnemonic
N is not for Knot
O is for Ouija
P is for Pterodactyl
Q is for Quinoa
R is not for Are
S is for Seas
T is for Tsunami
U is not for You
V is for Five
W is Wren
X is for Xylophone
Y is not for Why
Z is for Zhivago
I'm confused why ten is substituted with a musical instrument
¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ That's what the book uses for J
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I was getting angry reading this.
I started off nonplussed but by the time I got to the end I was mildly amused.
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Alfa
Balfa
Calfa
Dalfa
As someone who had to learn the actual NATO alphabet, if I look too hard at this, I'm likely to give myself a stroke.
I will always use "M as in 'Mancy'"
W for why and Y for you is delightful
Don't forget the Double-U for the letter D. It's an absolute mess.
C for cue and Q for queue! Evil genius.
This is diabolical. Thanks, I hate it.
I just realized the irony in "Phonetic Alphabet" phonetically starting with the "F"
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Lol - "Q as in Queue" hahahaha I bet someone thinks this is official enough to use.
I hope someone uses this, religiously, for life. :)
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet
The spelling is actually also important for non-english speakers.
Alpha is hard to pronounce if you aren't familiar with English ph, so it should be an F.
Juliet should have two T's to ensure romance language speakers pronounce the T.
I used to work for phone support. First day when I thought I can use the alphabet like pro, then granny and auntie callers complained they don't know that military shit.
I have always pronounced Quebec like "kebek." Many US callers didn't understand it until it's like "cuebek". So I started pronouncing like so. Many US callers didn't understand it until it's "kebek".
Fuck this shit.
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Didn't know Englishers skipped the T in tsunami
Most of them do, yeah. You may hear a bit of a “tongue click” or something with others first before the “s”. A lot of first-language English speakers seem to really struggle when they see two consonants together that they haven’t previously encountered.
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posted before, but this is still my go-to:
P pneumonia G gnu K knees
I used to do this all the time when I worked at a call center.
I always pronounce the G in gnu
In the software, the official position is that the G in GNU is pronounced. But for the animal known as a gnu, the g isn't pronounced.
animal? what, is there an animal called gnu? that's news to me
Have you seen the GNU logo?
Ever since Lion King came out the "wildebeest" name has been much more common.
But the most commonly used logo for the GNU software is an anthropomorphized gnu.
I made this phonetic alphabet for the information age
information age
How many of these characters predate it by several decades?
The idea isn't that the characters are new, it's that the names are more widespread than something like the Foxtrot dance, which many people alive today have never heard of.
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- E: Ewe
- H: Hugh
- U: Uyghur
- Y: Yew
bloonk brain fell out error
Please insert brain into drive A: and press [Enter] when ready.
Pictures painted by written text that you can hear.
Aisle Bail Coil Deal Eel Feel Grill Hill Ill Jail Kill Lay Mill Nil Oil Pill Quill Real Seal Till Until Veal Will Xylophone Yell Zeal
would work so much better.
This makes me irrationally angry. Well done!
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