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Why is it that when I search nato alphabet everything refers to it as a “phonetic” alphabet? It’s not phonetic!!
Why Tsunami Four
Because Tsunami Three already happened and Tsunami Five hasn’t happened yet
That’s “tsunami fower,” private.
I will always use “M as in ‘Mancy’”
You of all people
If they had thought of Ligma for L I’m sure they could have come up with something for B.
Maybe read it again? L is lima, no ‘g’. It and bravo are the only unchanged.
Hence
If they had thought…
B for Base and V for Vase.
Bee was right there.
P is for Pterodactyl.
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
Or for psychology
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
There is a children’s book with that title that my kids liked when they were small. Thanks for the memory prompt!
I own the book.
Nice, can I borrow it? Sounds like a good read
I own you
What are you doing with that person’s kid’s book?
Probably reading it
Wringing their hands, cackling, tying up schoolmarms on railroad tracks while twiddling mustaches
The unbelievable antics of the fucking literate. Thoz eevul ashowls.
I thought L was ligma.
What’s ligma?
Sugma balls!!
Haha, gottem
Should have made I : Isle
Counterpoint: isle starts with the expected I sound so it’s 50/50 odds of getting I correct with aisle/isle. E being Eye and I being Ian (Ee-an) is actually more disruptive.
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 just realized the irony in “Phonetic Alphabet” phonetically starting with the “F”
phony alphabeta
At least Bravo and Lima are still there?
Edit: Hadn’t gotten to L yet lol
They really phoned it in when naming it.
Y’all laugh but the US adopted this alphabet back in 2025.
J as in Yalapeno.
Q as in queso.
Edit: having seen C, I retract my suggestion. Queue is better.
J as in Jragon
Clear, informative, and concise. Let’s roll this out immediately.
Just push to production. No approval required
This is diabolical. Thanks, I hate it.
