I was getting angry reading this.
phonetic alphabet
Submitted 1 month ago by deranger@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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yesman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Calm down, Mancy.
saddlebag@lemmy.world 1 month ago
We’re still doing “phrasing”!
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I started off nonplussed but by the time I got to the end I was mildly amused.
ToffeeIsForClosers@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Upvoted for proper usage of nonplussed!
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same, then I looked to see where this was posted and was able to enjoy it.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
You, I see mnemonic aisle 9
Reygle@lemmy.world 1 month 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
ZuluCaptKoala@lemmy.ml 1 month 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.
melfie@lemmy.zip 1 month 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.
orenj@leminal.space 1 month ago
Its cute that romeo and juliet live forever in the phonetic alphabet like this
Reygle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It sure is!
Tja@programming.dev 1 month ago
If Q as in Queue bothers you, you better check what C stands for.
Same for D. And Y. And W.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 month 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
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 month 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.
MortUS@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Big outs to The Bloodhound Gang
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Many of these are two distinct syllables, so even if you get a broken transmission, it’s still intelligible.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
m as in mancy n as in bike.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 month 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.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is diabolical. Thanks, I hate it.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 month ago
Alpha
Balpha
Calpha
Dalphaabsentbird@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I made this phonetic alphabet for the information age
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 month ago
information age
How many of these characters predate it by several decades?
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Aladddin and Rapunzel definitely, I think those predate Disney.
absentbird@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
reported for having Lilo instead of Luigi and Waldo instead of Waluigi
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I just realized the irony in “Phonetic Alphabet” phonetically starting with the “F”
Klear@quokk.au 1 month ago
They really phoned it in when naming it.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
phony alphabeta
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At least Bravo is still there?
tryagain@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
W for why and Y for you is delightful
Findus_Falke@feddit.org 1 month ago
Don’t forget the Double-U for the letter D. It’s an absolute mess.
tryagain@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
C for cue and Q for queue! Evil genius.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
This makes me angry. Well done!
wieson@feddit.org 1 month ago
Didn’t know Englishers skipped the T in tsunami
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
LwL@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Especially at the start of words, see also e.g. pterodactyl
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 month 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)
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I read it as choonami which is still not very helpful
wieson@feddit.org 1 month ago
From the creators of sharknado, now (bwaaam) choonami 🚂🌊
wal_kr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 month ago
Why Tsunami Four
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because Tsunami Three already happened and Tsunami Five hasn’t happened yet
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That’s “tsunami fower,” private.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Al-fa
Gulf
Niner
Null
Gotta love the fun pronunciations in the NATO phonetic.
Theatomictruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Should have made I : Isle
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
P pneumonia G gnu K knees
I used to do this all the time when I worked at a call center.
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I always pronounce the G in gnu
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Reading this made my left eye twitch. Good job.
Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At first I was confused, then annoyed and finally relieved when I realised I was being punked
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 month ago
That’s the exact train of thought I went through!
Slapplebags@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I thought L was ligma.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
- E: Ewe
- H: Hugh
- U: Uyghur
- Y: Yew
prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 month ago
M as in Mancy
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Clear, informative, and concise. Let’s roll this out immediately.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
NCD is leaking again. Someone get the 100mph tape.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Now that’s a quality shitpost lol
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
gergolippai@lemmy.world 1 month ago
this is so evil 🤣🤣🤣
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 1 month ago
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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
EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I would have B as in bdellium.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 1 month 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
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 month 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.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
P is for Pterodactyl.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There is a children’s book with that title that my kids liked when they were small. Thanks for the memory prompt!
13igTyme@piefed.social 1 month ago
I own the book.
___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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
sukhmel@programming.dev 1 month ago
I’m confused why ten is substituted with a musical instrument
CareHare@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Or for psychology
skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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