Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Phun with Phones and Phonics




My brother Colm, Mimi and myself sat around one summer night trying to assemble a letter-word association phoenetic alphabet. The goal was to find a words that shouldn't sound how they are spelled. For example, "E as in Ewe."
We hoped to use the list when spelling out words to foreign operators. . .
"My name is Pete."
"could you spell please?"
"P as in Psoriasis - E as in Ewe - T as in Tsunami – E as in Ewe."
"Susu?"

Here is the meager list. Suggestion are welcome.

A -
B -
C - Cirrus/Cell
D - Django (doesn't really count)
E - Ewe/Eunich
F -
G - Gnocchi
H - Honor
I - Iyar (?)
J - Jalepeno
K - Knead
L -
M - Mnemonic
N -
0 - ouija
P - Psoriasis
Q - Quiche
R -
S -
T - Tsunami
U -
V -
W - Whole
X - Xanadu?
Z - Zsa Zsa?

* I have nothing against foreign phone operators, but I am a jerk.

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