From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: You sure thats in the alphabet? Date: 9 Dec 1997 21:00:33 GMT Stefan Morrell writes: >madhatta@foonly.mathworks.com wrote: >> phone to other people and they go all blank, or try and make some kind of >> alphabet up themselves [1]. >> >> [1] i'm not sure which is worse. having to punt to talking slowly isn't as >> bad as trying to decode some salesdweeb saying "your licence[2] key is >> 'excess arthur fortify elephant cipher scientist eight eight two', ok?" >> >> [2] don't get me started, ok? >I know exactly what you mean Tom. When I try and use the phonetic alphabet, >they always deliberately mishear my correct use of such an alphabet and make >one up anyway. Might I recommend the following phonetic alphabet, designed by a friend of mine: A Anna B Bestiality C Clitoris D Dildo E Enema F Fornicate G Spot H Rob I Inbred J Jello K Why L Lactation M Monolith N Nipple O Orgasm P Pervert Q Quim R Rectum S Satan T Tove U Underage V Vagina W Wuvverly X Rated Y Coffin Z Zucchini A free bilabial fricative to anyone who can explain the entries for H, M, and Y (Hint: H and M are usenet-related, Y is from a UK TV series). 'W' is a reference to StN, who (for some reason) sometimes refers to himself as "not Nice, but Wuvverly". Peter.