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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨deranger@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    P is for Pterodactyl.

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    • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There is a children’s book with that title that my kids liked when they were small. Thanks for the memory prompt!

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      • 13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I own the book.

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    • ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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

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      • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m confused why ten is substituted with a musical instrument

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    • CareHare@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or for psychology

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    • skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      P is for plutocracy. Important to learn about and recognize, wtf-does-this-have-to-do-with-a-planet-no-longer-a-planet complicated enough to fit right in

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  • yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was getting angry reading this.

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    • Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Calm down, Mancy.

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      • saddlebag@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We’re still doing “phrasing”!

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    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I started off nonplussed but by the time I got to the end I was mildly amused.

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      • ToffeeIsForClosers@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Upvoted for proper usage of nonplussed!

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    • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Same, then I looked to see where this was posted and was able to enjoy it.

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    • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You, I see mnemonic aisle 9

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol - “Q as in Queue” hahahaha I bet someone thinks this is official enough to use.
    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

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    • CaptKoala@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      After having to learn these for work years ago, my life got a lot easier. Bad phone call? Phonetics, precise radio comms.? Phonetics. Just works, should be taught in every school.

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      • melfie@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I find myself on the phone trying to spell something and come up with words that begin with each letter. Agreed that it’s a solved problem and everyone should just learn it.

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    • orenj@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Its cute that romeo and juliet live forever in the phonetic alphabet like this

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      • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It sure is!

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If Q as in Queue bothers you, you better check what C stands for.

      Same for D. And Y. And W.

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        C is especially bad because Cue pronounced the same as Queue (if my English isn’t too bad). The others are at least consisted once you accepted the absurdity. Also you forgot S in your list

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    • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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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    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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    • MortUS@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Big outs to The Bloodhound Gang

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Many of these are two distinct syllables, so even if you get a broken transmission, it’s still intelligible.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      m as in mancy n as in bike.

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    • CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was on a call earlier with a business and they said S as in Sam. I wanted to correct them, but I thought it wasn’t worth it.

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is diabolical. Thanks, I hate it.

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  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Alpha
    Balpha
    Calpha
    Dalpha

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  • absentbird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    fanfiction phonetics

    I made this phonetic alphabet for the information age

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    • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      information age

      How many of these characters predate it by several decades?

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Aladddin and Rapunzel definitely, I think those predate Disney.

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      • absentbird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      reported for having Lilo instead of Luigi and Waldo instead of Waluigi

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  • Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just realized the irony in “Phonetic Alphabet” phonetically starting with the “F”

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    • Klear@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They really phoned it in when naming it.

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    • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      phony alphabeta

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    • SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      At least Bravo is still there?

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  • tryagain@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    W for why and Y for you is delightful

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    • Findus_Falke@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t forget the Double-U for the letter D. It’s an absolute mess.

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      • tryagain@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        C for cue and Q for queue! Evil genius.

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  • fibojoly@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This makes me angry. Well done!

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  • wieson@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn’t know Englishers skipped the T in tsunami

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    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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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      • LwL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Especially at the start of words, see also e.g. pterodactyl

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    • GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It should be a “hard ts” which is something we mostly picked up from the French that is also a sound used in Japanese. So there should be a difference between saying “tsu” and saying “sue.”

      Tsu should be pronounced with teeth together and pushing air out through the teeth first, tongue against the lower front teeth for the hissy-t sound, before the vowel. (it’s hard to write how to pronounce a word)

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    • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I read it as choonami which is still not very helpful

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      • wieson@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        From the creators of sharknado, now (bwaaam) choonami 🚂🌊

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  • wal_kr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    posted before, but this is still my go-to:

    Image

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why Tsunami Four

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    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because Tsunami Three already happened and Tsunami Five hasn’t happened yet

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s “tsunami fower,” private.

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      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Al-fa

        Gulf

        Niner

        Null

        Gotta love the fun pronunciations in the NATO phonetic.

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  • Theatomictruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Should have made I : Isle

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Counterpoint: isle starts with the expected I sound so it’s 50/50. E being Eye and I being Ian (Ee-an) is actually more disruptive.

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  • FauxPseudo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    P pneumonia G gnu K knees

    I used to do this all the time when I worked at a call center.

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    • protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I always pronounce the G in gnu

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      • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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.

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  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reading this made my left eye twitch. Good job.

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    • Event_Horizon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      At first I was confused, then annoyed and finally relieved when I realised I was being punked

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      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s the exact train of thought I went through!

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  • Slapplebags@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I helped design the original, always funny to see it out in the wild. Also llama would’ve been a better option for lima.

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  • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought L was ligma.

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    • E: Ewe
    • H: Hugh
    • U: Uyghur
    • Y: Yew
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  • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    M as in Mancy

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Clear, informative, and concise. Let’s roll this out immediately.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    NCD is leaking again. Someone get the 100mph tape.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now that’s a quality shitpost lol

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I is for “imagine”

    M is for “me”

    A is for the letter “a”

    G is for “gee!”

    I is for…“imagine”

    N is for “nice”

    E is for “Egad!”

    I said “imagine” twice!

    Image

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  • gergolippai@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    this is so evil 🤣🤣🤣

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  • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    www.amazon.com/…/1492674311

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Better suggestions for B:

    • Breath: Half the people would say “breathe” instead.
    • Boatswain: most people would have no idea how that’s pronounced
    • Bury: a word with lots of different regional pronunciations
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  • EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I would have B as in bdellium.

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  • SaraTonin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A for Horses B for Mutton C for Yourself D for Dumb E for Brick F for Vessence G for H for I for One J for Oranges K for L for Leather M for N for O for God’s Sake P for Q for Ages R for Mo S for T for Baghdad U for Mism V for W for X for Breakfast Y for Z for

    Can’t remember the rest. I feel like Y should be really obvious, but I’ve not even thought about this since I was a kid

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  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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