The NATO phonetic alphabet (A for Alpha, B for Bravo, C for Charlie) was designed to aid in radio voice transmissions, where interference and poor reception often made sounds indistinct. To overcome this problem, 26 words were chosen to represent the letters of the alphabet, each word being distinct and not easily confused with the others, so that one could spell out one's message using these call-signs. What, then, would an unphonetic phonetic alphabet, designed for maximum confusion, be like? Here's my attempt. Suggestions for improvement are welcome!
Auntie
Bee
Cue /* Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumly)
Dhoti
Enervate
Fish / Ghoti
Gestate
Horology
Innervate
Juan
Ketchup
Llama
Magdalene (pronounced Mawdlin)
Nought
Oocyte
Ptolemy
Quiche
Route
Sea / Syzygy
Tea
Untie
Virgil
Wavertree (pronounced Wawtry)
Xhosa
You
Zymurgy
* indicates alternatives, i.e. I can't decide which would be more confounding.
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K - "Knock"
Or knickers! very good! thanks =)
haha no prob.
on a slightly but not so tangential note, how do you pronounce 'mnemonics', anyway?
oh well, i googled it, and apparently it's a silent 'm'. one more for the unphonetic alphabet!
very good! we ought to be partners in cue route innervate mnemonic enervate!
lol!! you're "write"! ;)
psychology, Oedipus
T as in Tsunami
P as in Psyche
As as in Are E as in Eye, and I as in Igor
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