A confusing alphabet

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I usually use “B as in Beyonce” and “S as in Sondheim” when doing phone-spellings

but this is way better…

and made me laugh.  Hard.

elle-oh-elle:

I work right next to my company’s account coordinators, who spell a lot of things on the phone for our clients. I decided to make them all an alphabet they can use to confuse [customers]. Here it is.
  • A as in Aisle
  • B as in Bdellium
  • C as in Czar
  • D as in Djembe
  • E as in Eureka
  • F as in Phone
  • G as in Gnaw
  • H as in Heir
  • I as in Isle
  • J as in Jicama
  • K as in Knead
  • L as in Llorca
  • M as in Mnemonic
  • N as in Mnemonic
  • O as in Ouija
  • P as in Pneumatic
  • Q as in Qat
  • R as in Right
  • S as in See
  • T as in Tzar
  • U as in Umami
  • V as in Venti
  • W as in Write
  • X as in Xyst
  • Y as in You
  • Z as in Dr. Zhivago

I’m fairly confident no one will ever use this.

There’s an “x” in my company’s name, and I’ve definitely said, “x as in xylophone” before. Multiple times.

Source: elle-oh-elle
  1. librarygoddess reblogged this from valkyrierisen
  2. lifemoreexciting reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
    This had S and I cracking up for a while.
  3. lefrenchmartini reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
    Makes me think of my trading days lol.
  4. mishann reblogged this from elle-oh-elle
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  6. newdoors reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
    I consistently joke about the day we will tell an annoying phone operator “T”...“Tsunami”....
  7. mysliceofcake reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
    There’s an “x”...my company’s name,...I’ve definitely said,...
  8. tinsely reblogged this from emphasisadded and added:
    People like this, really, have a huge part of my heart.