Y is for Yuganda π . Itβs happened to me during my time in call center.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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To make them really uncomfortable, use your sluttiest code words.
D as in Daddy, M as in Mummy, H as in Harder, P as in Pineapple, that's my safe word, I've never had to use it...
I have a friend who, years later, still brings up when I said "K as In Cat." That poor customer
Just say you're Dutch, where cat translates to kat
J as in George is my personal favorite
J as in jalapeΓ±o
Let's see if I still remember:
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
Indigo
Juno
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
P????
Q????
Romeo
S????
Tango
U????
Vector
W????
X-ray
Y????
Z????
P for Pneumatic
Doing this off the top of my head too but I think it's
- J for Juliet
- P for Papa
- Q for Cucumber
- S for Sierra
- U for Uniform
- V for Victor
- W for Whiskey
- Y for Yankee
- Z for Zulu
There are (have been? Used to be?) different alternatives, probably also depending on the country/organisation, such as Utah or Zeta.
This is had me rolling, everything else is spot on then cucumber
P as in Phoebe
H as in Hoebe
O as in Oebe
E as in Ebe
M as in Mancy
I have a had time not saying that when having to clarify what letter
My favorite was when a guy was giving me his email and said "B, as in Alabama"
The number of people that ask if i meant C when I say Sierra is too damn high.
Queuecumber
M as in Mancy!
If ham radio taught me anything is the phonetic alphabet. Some people have been in the military. For me, Iβm a ham.
What's interesting is hearing sugar for S. I looked it up and it looks like there was a different phonetic alphabet that used sugar for S. But yeah, whatever works works.
could always take them for a ride...
R as in dit dahh dit
U as in dit dit dahh
M as it dahh dahh
...
Germans use ΔS for "Tschechoslowakei". Yes, really β not only is Δ not in the word, it's also not in the German alphabet.
not only is Δ not in the word, it's also not in the German alphabet.
Well, it could be... suppose the German alphabet decided it needed Lebensraum and decided to annex the Sudeten alphabet.
Akshully, the Sudeten annexed in 1938 were specifically chosen as German-speaking regions
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