Here’s mine:
Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.
Here’s mine:
Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.
For people who want to know why - it makes the pronunciation less ambiguous for non-English speakers, since the NATO Alphabet was developed for use by English, French, and Spanish speakers.
All these years I’ve been pronouncing it wrong as alp-ha? Curses!
Oh neat, I did not know why myself, but this makes total sense.