When I used it everyday I knew it by heart. Now its faded from the forefront of my mind and sometimes it just isn't worth the effort to recall it. If it mattered I would care.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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I had too many customers get confused when I asked, "and that is pudenda spelled P as in Papa, U as in Uniform..." customer interrupts, "why are you talking like a radio?"
Had a regular that would spell it in NATO, and said he served in artillery. Heard just fine on his good ear, tinittus was just a low hum.
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alpha bravo charlie delta echo foxtrot etc. it's SO HELPFUL when talking on the phone. I learned them all because no one could figure out my name.
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C for Czechoslovakia may be a slight improvement over my go-tos:
A for Antidisestablishmentarianism
B for Buckminsterfullerene
C for Counterrevolutionaries
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N as in "pneumatic", U as in "eulogy", K as in "Québec"...
You're really trying to mess people up with Québec aren't you?
My favourite was E as in estrogen
for the brits would it be 'O'? that is great too.
"T for Terrorist"
The CS Representative I was talking to: "Sir, this is an Airline"
Be sure to use L for Luigi when verifying info over the phone with your health insurance.
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P for Pterodactyl
S for Sea
W for Why
E for Eye
G for Gnu
J for Jalapeño
T as in tsunami.
P as in phone.
K as in knife or knee.
G as in gnostic.
X as in xylophone.
D as in djembe.
M as mnemonic.
O as in opossum in certain locales.
"is that your first or last name"
Yes it is
You're missing a few good ones.
A for An
C for Cay
I for In
K for Knight
N as in No (a few of these work with "as in" but not with "for")
O as in Other
P as in Pose
Q for Qing (since Jalapeño is allowed)
T for The
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Always been a petty pet peeve of mine. When I was training customer service reps I'd hand out a sheet and suggest they nail it up in their cube.
So much easier when everyone's on the same page. The military uses the phonetic alphabet because it's crystal clear, even over sketchy coms.
Why would you make up some bullshit of your own, having to constantly stop and think about it, when the pros already have a working system?! FFS, you don't even have to make the effort to memorize it, just use it a few times, done, it's in your head forever. Now I'm getting mad. (Told you I was petty about this.)
Anyone know why they use "niner"? Doesn't seem to mix up with other numbers.
EDIT: That's 2 band names I came out with today.
Petty Pet Peeve™
Anal Rail Gun™
Niner is because it's the NATO phonetic alphabet, and they don't want it to get mixed up with nein.
That simple?! FINALLY makes sense, and I've been wondering for years and years.
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I was frustrated with the phone support agent and used ‘S, as in Stupid’ and I got hung up on.
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Eggplant, xerxes, crybaby, overbite, narwhal.
Okay, that's K, as in KY Jelly. O, as in OnlyFans. L as in Lo Wang. A as in Asshole. N as in...
N for N*twork
I couldn’t kind Kentucky Jelly but I did find this, https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/canning/kentucky-bar-fight-jam/
I once had a client tell me, "T as in... T."
Yeah, that was helpful.
I mean surely it was "T as in Tea"
Or maybe "T as in Tee"
Or "T as in Ti"
Maybe it was in their mind. But those are still phonetically the same, and similar to P, E, C, etc.
T as in Tardigrade
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