From uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!looking!funny-request Sun, 5 Nov 95 19:30:05 EST Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny From: rwilson@amsa.com (Rich Wilson) Subject: new phonetic alphabet Keywords: chuckle, heard it Approved: funny-request@clari.net Path: uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!looking!funny-request Message-ID: Date: Sun, 5 Nov 95 19:30:05 EST Lines: 28 The same old standard phonetic alphabet (which you would use to describe spelling "Wilson" as "Whiskey, India, Lima, Sierra, Oscar, November") has been used by aircraft pilots, millitary personnel, and many others for many years now. So, I finally decided to come up with something a bit more "original" for those people who annoy me: A Are N Nine B Bee O Owe C Cite P Pseudonym D Double-U Q Queue E Eye R Rap F Five S Sea G Genre T Tsunami H Hoe U Understand? I I V Vie J Junta W Why K Knot X Xylophone L Lye Y You M Me Z Zero People don't ask me to spell anything over the phone anymore. -- Selected by Jim Griffith. MAIL your joke to funny@clari.net. Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. If you don't need an auto-reply, submit to rhf@clari.net instead.