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Humor šŸ¤£ Alternate NATO phonetics

dandy_warhol

dandy_warhol

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I have had to conduct some business lately that requires me to use the NATO Phonetic Alphabet which is fine except I only know some of the letters. So the rest I have to make up. The customer service rep was laughing at today's attempt. Chicken Lemur Taco Nacho Hobo Echo Xray
 
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split from RTDNTOTO. Topic too good to pass on this one.

NATO Alphabet said:
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.
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The key with creating any phonetic alphabet is supposedly to avoid phonemes that sound too similar. However, it never occurred to me one could create a phonetic alphabet based on how weird, inappropropriate, funny, ridiculous, or objectionable a word could be.

eg. "I said tell them the whole story....I SAID STORY. As in, Sputum, Tender, Octopus, Ralph, Yo-Yo!
 
I wish someone could read my mind, or maybe not, while the hamsters are spinning away trying to think up appropriate words.

Me: ok, word that begins with B. Go!

Brain: Boy!

Me: Maybe, what might it sound like. Toy? Oy? No, good. Try again.

Brain: Bunny.

Me: Too cutsey. You are trying to sound like an adult. But cute is cute and bunnies are so cute and fluffy. Also, sounds like funny. And honey. Try again. Arrrggggh.

Time elapsed: 2 seconds.
 
dandy_warhol said:
I wish someone could read my mind, or maybe not, while the hamsters are spinning away trying to think up appropriate words.
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Okay, let's do an experiment. I give words and you just provide a NATO-spell response purely stream of consciousness. No forethought. Just the first words that pop into mind....

Halter
Phone
Jelly


You might come up with some entertaining responses. I suspect someone like me or maybe Dan would find themselves having to 'transpose' since for us the NATO alphabet is thoroughly ingrained.
 
dandy_warhol said:
I wish someone could read my mind, or maybe not, while the hamsters are spinning away trying to think up appropriate words.

Me: ok, word that begins with B. Go!

Brain: Boy!

Me: Maybe, what might it sound like. Toy? Oy? No, good. Try again.

Brain: Bunny.

Me: Too cutsey. You are trying to sound like an adult. But cute is cute and bunnies are so cute and fluffy. Also, sounds like funny. And honey. Try again. Arrrggggh.

Time elapsed: 2 seconds.
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My last name consists of nine letters, and the two that get messed up the most are a T and a B (the T precedes the B in the name, with two other letters in-between). Your thought process for coming up with a representation of the B is a lot kinder than mine - I'm more along the lines of the second or third time I have to spell out the name of going "...T as in "Tango", letter, letter, B as in "you're an idiot", letter, letter...".
 
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