Article 12110 of uk.radio.amateur: From: dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) Subject: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:09:45 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard LTD, South Queensferry, Scotland Subject line says it all. For a bit of fun, let's create the world's *worst* phonetic alphabet! Words like Aesop, Gnomon, Psyche, Cycle, Floccinaucinihilipilification, Hay, Repeat, Not, Knot, Aye come to my warped and shrivelled mind. (I'm particularly proud of R-for-Repeat) Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! Cheers David GM4ZNX Article 12118 of uk.radio.amateur: From: "Anthony R. Gold" <tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 09:42:33 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London In article <DMEEs9.E2v@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com> dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com "David Stockton" writes: > Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! Gnaw Mnemonic Pneumatic Psoriasis Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na Article 12120 of uk.radio.amateur: From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 11:44:47 GMT Organization: home in Tewkesbury >In article <DMEEs9.E2v@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com> > dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com "David Stockton" writes: >> Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! A- Although B- Bough C- Cough D- Dough (or Doughty) F - Fought G- Gough H - Houghton (West) L- Lough N- Nought O - Ought P - Plough R - Rough S- Slough T- Trough (or Tough or Though) U - Ugh W- Wrought Y - Youghall E - Enough! 73 de Gabble 3 Nabble Yabble Yabble -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com Article 12137 of uk.radio.amateur: From: richard@waveg.demon.co.uk (Richard Sterry) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 16:48:00 GMT In message <DMEEs9.E2v@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com> David Stockton wrote: > > Subject line says it all. > > For a bit of fun, let's create the world's *worst* phonetic alphabet! > > Words like Aesop, Gnomon, Psyche, Cycle, Floccinaucinihilipilification, > Hay, Repeat, Not, Knot, Aye come to my warped and shrivelled mind. > > (I'm particularly proud of R-for-Repeat) > > > Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! > > > Cheers > David GM4ZNX I like the old joke about the Irish terrorist, (no offence, those of you in /GI and /EI), who was trying to tell an arms dealer, over a very noisy phone line, that he wanted "GUNS". The dealer couldn't tell if the guy wanted "BUNS", "TONS", or whatever. So, the dealer asks him to spell the word, and here's what the terrorist said... " 'G' for Jeans 'U' for Onions 'N' for Knickers 'S' for Cement " Mind you, having seen the level of literacy on packet radio, I don't think that joke is exaggerted enough to be funny! 73 -- Bye from Rick +----------------+---------------------------+-------------------------+ | Richard Sterry | - Internet Email - | - Packet Radio - | | Wakefield UK | richard@waveg.demon.co.uk | G4BLT@GB7WRG.#19.GBR.EU | +----------------+---------------------------+-------------------------+ Article 12139 of uk.radio.amateur: From: Stephen John Farthing <Stephen@stevef.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 08:13:52 GMT Organization: The Ministry of Administrative Affairs At the 1971 Isle of Wight festival CHEECH and CHONG performed a sketch about a US Army platoon in Viet Nam who were under the influence of dope. The sketch consisted of a QSO between the OP at said platoon and the OP at HQ who had the callsign John Fox Dog. The punch line was "If you are that weird come on over." It was quite funny at the time. To get back to the point: A Again B Break S Say (or Sexist) O Over T Transubstantiation D Deoxyribosenucleic E Eeeek F Sixteen (as in Hexadecimal 16) G - any G callsign ( but watch out for recursion) M Mumble W What H Howdy-doody X Xerox -- Steve Farthing | stephen@stevef.demon.co.uk | Melksham RSGB GQRP 7766 BCS 12wpm Morse Test passed. Waiting for my call Wiltshire UK QRP-L #218 sign Article 12152 of uk.radio.amateur: From: Malcolm Appleby G3ZNU <g3znu@luthien.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 22:24:00 +0000 Organization: Malcolm Appleby In article <DMEEs9.E2v@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com>, David Stockton <dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com> writes > > Subject line says it all. > > For a bit of fun, let's create the world's *worst* phonetic alphabet! > So have you not all heard this one: A - arear B - beer C - cheer D - deer E - ear F - fear G - gear H - hear I - idea J - jeer K - keyer L - leer M - mere N - near O - oesophagus P - peer Q - queer R - rear S - seer T - tear U - urea V - veer W - weir X - xylophone (!) Y - year z - zaire Any improvements? 73 Malcolm -- Malcolm Appleby G3ZNU Article 12171 of uk.radio.amateur: From: mikech@hysteria.bri.hp.com (Mike Chaloner) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:11:42 GMT A again B bye C cheers E eschew (bless you!) F fire (where?!) G gerry H haut-cuisine .... also.. M mayday P polymorphonuclearleucrocyte or maybe Phantom etc.. Article 12174 of uk.radio.amateur: From: dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:25:19 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard LTD, South Queensferry, Scotland Mike Chaloner (mikech@hysteria.bri.hp.com) wrote: : also.. : M mayday Now THAT has to be in the worst alphabet. P for Panpanpan to go with it? Cheers David Article 12175 of uk.radio.amateur: From: rnh@gmrc.gecm.com (Richard Herring) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: 9 Feb 1996 11:35:30 GMT Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre Reply-To: richard.herring@gecm.com Walt Davidson (walt@servelan.co.uk) wrote: : >In article <DMEEs9.E2v@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com> : > dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com "David Stockton" writes: : >> Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! : 73 de Gabble 3 Nabble Yabble Yabble Try some combination of: Able, Babel, Cable, Fable, Gable, Label, Mabel, Sable, Table, Beer, Dear, Ear, Fear, Gear, Hear, Jeer, Leer, Mere, Near, Peer, Queer, Rear, Sear, Tear, Veer, Weir, Year and a few others. I think this one appeared in SWM many years ago. -- Richard Herring | richard.herring@gecm.com | Speaking for myself GEC-Marconi Research Centre | Not the one on TV. Article 12192 of uk.radio.amateur: From: John Morris <John@kirsta.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Fri, 09 Feb 96 19:18:40 GMT Organization: the end of the universe Reply-To: John@kirsta.demon.co.uk In article <DMEEs9.E2v@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com> dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com "David Stockton" writes: > > Subject line says it all. > > For a bit of fun, let's create the world's *worst* phonetic alphabet! > > Words like Aesop, Gnomon, Psyche, Cycle, Floccinaucinihilipilification, > Hay, Repeat, Not, Knot, Aye come to my warped and shrivelled mind. > > (I'm particularly proud of R-for-Repeat) > > > Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! > > > Cheers > David GM4ZNX > (Some have these have already appeared in the thread...) Aye Bee Cue Double-u Ell Four Gibe Hour Iambic Jay Knot Lye Mnemonic Nine Owe Pea Quay Repeat See Tea Urn Veldt Write Xenon You Zero -- John Morris However, I still think that both points are worth John@kirsta.demon.co.uk making. The fact that they are contradictory is GM4ANB@GB7EDN.#77.GBR.EU ludicrous, but still irrelevant. - Greg Goss Article 12343 of uk.radio.amateur: From: Colin Edwards <cedwards@pavilion.co.uk> Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 16:48:03 +0000 Organization: Bespoke Project I thought I'd forgotten this (well I have some of it) : A for mentioned B for the mast D for ential E for 'er F for vescent G for Gosh sake Batman I for the engine K for teria J for Oranges L for Leather O for a day at Blackpool P for a penny Q for everything R for Daley enough already............ I know only E,G,L & P really work. -- Colin Edwards Article 12461 of uk.radio.amateur: From: andy@pbs.plym.ac.uk (Andy McMullin) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:21:40 GMT Organization: Plymouth Business School dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) wrote: > Subject line says it all. > For a bit of fun, let's create the world's *worst* phonetic alphabet! > Words like Aesop, Gnomon, Psyche, Cycle, Floccinaucinihilipilification, >Hay, Repeat, Not, Knot, Aye come to my warped and shrivelled mind. > (I'm particularly proud of R-for-Repeat) > Come on chaps and chapesses, do your worst! > Cheers > David GM4ZNX I can only remember the beginning, but.... A if for 'orses, Beef or Mutton C Sea the shining Sea .. P for a Penny .. ........ I used to know the lot once :-( ---------- Regards Andy =============================================================================== Andy McMullin - G8TQH Technical Support, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth _ Drake Circus ---------------+--------------- Plymouth ___ /^^[___ _ PL4 8AA /|^+----+ |#___________// England ( -+ |____| ______-----+/ ==_________--' \ Tel: +44 (0)1752 232835 ~_|___|__ Fax: +44 (0)1752 232880 X400/rfc1006 : g=Andy;s=McMullin;o=Plymouth;ou=Business-School;p=uk.ac;c=GB rfc822/JANET : Andy.McMullin@pbs.plym.ac.uk Article 12620 of uk.radio.amateur: From: Mark Pettigrew <ltimp@shu.ac.uk> Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 14:20:42 -0800 Organization: Sheffield Hallam University Andy McMullin wrote: > > I can only remember the beginning, but.... > > A if for 'orses, > Beef or Mutton > C Sea the shining Sea > .. > P for a Penny > .. > > ........ I used to know the lot once :-( The version I have is 'Ay fer 'orses Beef or mutton Seaforth highlanders Deaf or dumb 'Eave a brick Effervescence Chief of police 'Ate yer for it Eye fer an eye J fer oranges Kafe fer a cuppa 'Ell fer leather Emphasis N fer a penny . . . Over my dead body Pee fer a penny Q fer the flicks 'arf a mo S fer me T fer two Euphemism Viva la France Double you for it Wife or girlfriend? 's 'ead fer 's 'at But if we want the worst phonetic alphabet, two things spring to mind. First, how about <in a loud patronising voice, in the way that English speakers use when talking to foreigners> A, B, C, D . . . Second, how about simpply changing the alphabet each time a letter is used, in the apparent hope that at least one version will get through but with the usual effect that the poor recipient, hoping to understand on the second hearing, is totally perplexed. For example: CW 80 [sic] from Golf Zero Whiskey Lima Romeo, George Nought Washington London Radio, General Nil Winnipeg Lemon Radar and standing by . . . Mark G0WLR "There is at least one elegant solution to any problem" [Harvey Jackins] Article 12719 of uk.radio.amateur: From: bsbonney@cris.com (Benton StJ Bonney) Subject: Re: The WORST phonetic alphabet Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 05:32:52 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services How about: K is for Khadafi Q is for Quadafi B is for Bejing P is for Peking ------- BS Bonney bsbonney@cris.com