January 17, 2006
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spellabration
there are many times when i find myself needing to spell out a word or a name
and in order for me to make myself clear, i need to do the
"A as in apple"
"B as in boy"
technique.
but for some reason, i can't use normal words when it goes beyond the letter "B"
i get into some difficulties....
receptionist: could you please spell your name and street name?
jen: 'J' as in 'jalopy,'
'E' as in 'effluvium,'
'N' as in 'nincompoop,"
...'I' as in 'intrinsic,'
'F' as in 'fermentation,'
...'R' as in 'renounce'
monosyllabic words escape me when the pressure's on.
Comments (14)
JenPark, smartypants for the win.
try this for future reference: http://www.businessballs.com/phoneticalphabet.htm
the military tackled and solved (to their satisfaction anyway) this very same problem, using things like tango and foxtrot and charlie for t, f, and c. bravo, alpha, victor, mambo; these all come to mind, yet i am doubtful of of the alpha and the victor.
colbert report rocks! so does greg behrendt, or however you spell that.
if i was half as eloquent as you...then um...yea...im a dunce.
you're knowledge of the English language hilarious. i'm like your biggest fan.
sorry, your knowledge, not you're....i look stupid now.
j-e-n-i-f-r?
what did you say for the other n and the e?
funny story. i read your post earlier today and ended up having to spell out the word "catalyst" to a guy on the phone at work. so just to mess with him, i started with "C" as in carnivore and "A" as in antagonist. that's where he stopped me and said he'd figure it out on his own. he didn't talk to me for the rest of the time we were there.
i swear, this is a true story!
'U' as in 'Ur' a dorkus
And...here's the kicker, the poor receptionist was probably trying to figure out what the heck those big words meant and what letter they started with.
days like these, I don't feel so smart anymore.
hahaha, jenifr
S....Stupid to receptionist
Krazeii
a chiasmus, love it.
and then i ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chiasmus...sth-sth-sth-sth-sth [eh, i tried]
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