Submitted 7 months ago by absentbird@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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The NATO phonetics are so tired and old. This one uses popular fictional characters instead:
Aladdin Buffy Cruella Dorothy Edward Fiona Gandalf Hulk Igor Joker Kermit Lilo Mufasa Naruto Olaf Pikachu Quark Rapunzel Scoobie Tigger Ursula Vegeta Wolverine Xena Yoda Zorro
A as in Aye, B as in Bee, C as in Cay, D as in Dee, E as in Ex, F as in Fee, G as in Gee, H as in He, I as in I, J as in Jew, K as in Knight, L as in Lay, M as in May, N as in Night, O as in Oh, P as in Phi, Q as in Quran, R as in Ray, S as in Say, T as in Two, U as in Use, V as in Vain, W as in Why, X as in Xeno, Y as in You, Z as in Zeno
Anyways this is what it feels like when people don’t use nato phonetic with my deaf ass
“Aye for Ee-gor”
🤔
Quark!!! I love that for Q
So long as it’s said with maximum Odo grumpiness.
Quaarrrrrrrk!
Haha yeees
That’s “e”, as in “Epstein”.
Folks still remember Zorro, that’s awesome. Loved it as a kid.
If NATO used this they might get sued by Nintendo for P. Maybe not, but that’s a showdown I’d LOVE to watch.
It’s for the internet. Nato’s alphabet is so English-focused, and it sounds so militaristic now. This is for the nerds and weirdos of the world.
But it isnt English focused and the reason it sounds militaristic is because the media shows the military use it
Alpha is Greek Bravo is Italian Delta is Greek India is its own country Kilo is Greek Lima is a city in Peru November is Latin Papa is decently multilingual Quebec is an indigenous word that was coined by a Frenchman Sierra is Spanish Tango is Spanish Victor is Latin Zulu is an indigenous tribe
Charlie, Juliet, Mike, Oscar, Romeo are all names that exist in multiple languages
Like it’s easy to think of it as being American since the American military uses it a lot but it was specifically designed to be useful by non English speakers for joint operations
I’ve had a similar shirt for many years: www.geekalerts.com/now-i-nerd-my-abcs-t-shirt/
That’s awesome!
Fiona.
But where's that fella with all the thorns and eths in pheir comments.
Who?
Þere’s a user around hat always writes like þis, substituting all “th” digraphs with the archaic letter Þ/þ (þhorn) or Ð/ð (eð). Þey were adapted and used interchangeably in Old English in place of “th”, before eventually being replaced by þe digraph again.
Þe user in question found it entertaining to use þem once more. Some people find it extremely annoying and tedious to read.
There’s a user around that always writes like this, substituting all “th” digraphs with the archaic letter Þ/þ (thorn) or Ð/ð (eth). They were adapted and used interchangeably in Old English in place of “th”, before eventually being replaced by þe digraph again. The user in question found it entertaining to use them once more. Some people find it extremely annoying and tedious to read.
I think their username is like anglosaxaphone or saxadick or somePing like dat. You'd know it because the posts are basically unreadable.
Love this? Quick note, Scooby is spelled with a Y.
Oh, thanks. My bad.
Wheres the Yoda key
GIF
Wolverine Tigger Fiona
Igor Dorothy Kermit
Unfortunately, Xena has got to go. There’s no phonetic difference with Z. Xavier might be your best bet, but that’s a tough one.
X-force
Eh, blame the English for making the language lmao
I’m all for this
X for Xorg
If Cruella was written with a K, it would be pronounced the same, too. A certain amount of phonetic redundancy is pretty normal for alphabets that weren’t purpose-made for that specific language.
Check out Zena Warrior Princess.
Should just be Xen anyway.
Yeah, I really racked my brain on that one. There is a superhero named Xray, but it isn’t a satisfying option. Xavier is actually really good, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that, professor X, easy to remember.
Xenomorph
Jandalf
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
M, as in Mancy