contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA Cool Guide: After I said “E as in egg” to customer service I looked up this guidei.redd.itimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1382file-text
arrow-up1382imageA Cool Guide: After I said “E as in egg” to customer service I looked up this guidei.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 months agoIt is 100% more fun to make them up yourself though
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoThis alphabet was carefully designed to minimize the chance of confusion. I’d rather be accurate than fun. … I don’t get invited to many parties.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIn my experience I always have issues with “S as in Sierra” because most people don’t know what the hell Sierra is. Because they are uncultured heathens.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoM as in Mama though, I always use that one.
minus-squaresemlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoThis is all fun and games until someone says “M as in Mancy”
minus-squareTrabic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoA as in Aye E as in Ewe S as in Sea W as in Why
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago100% agree. I often have fun with customer service or whatever coming up with fun words.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThere is a fun one based on the periodic table. It includes things like P as in Lead and A as in Gold
It is 100% more fun to make them up yourself though
This alphabet was carefully designed to minimize the chance of confusion. I’d rather be accurate than fun.
… I don’t get invited to many parties.
In my experience I always have issues with “S as in Sierra” because most people don’t know what the hell Sierra is. Because they are uncultured heathens.
M as in Mama though, I always use that one.
This is all fun and games until someone says “M as in Mancy”
A as in Aye
E as in Ewe
S as in Sea
W as in Why
100% agree. I often have fun with customer service or whatever coming up with fun words.
There is a fun one based on the periodic table.
It includes things like P as in Lead and A as in Gold