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[-] Dogs_cant_look_up@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago

I can remember one time:

"P for Potato",

"B for... err... i dunno, Botato?".

[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Potato

Botato

Brother the explicit purpose of the phonetic alphabet is to make all of the letters audibly distinguishable by ensuring none of them rhyme

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago
[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yet I've had someone tell me “P for Pear” which did not answer my question “B or P?”

[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wish more people knew the Geneva standard phonetic alphabet or whatever the fuck it's called

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Good point Cotato and Kotato would certainly be a problem.

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

I can understand your confusion, but the first one he pronounced "po-tah-to".

Bruh... It's P for "pterodactyl".

[-] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
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