• @JustAnotherKay
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    211 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

    • Fonzie!
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      15 days ago

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

      • @JustAnotherKay
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        15 days ago

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

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      11 month ago

      Good point Cotato and Kotato would certainly be a problem.