"This is Not about Alaskan Airlines" Topic
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 etotheipi  | 26 Nov 2025 11:16 a.m. PST |
… just prompted by them. I took Alaskan this past weekend to San Jose (NWSL Championship and a bonus Sharks match). Their boarding groups are lettered instead of numbered. And they use an uplifting phonetic alphabet for them. "Now boarding Group B. B, as in beautiful." I am working on the crumudgeonly phonetic alphabet as a counter, but … Another thread on the board was talking about radio comms problems. So I reached into my Documents folder and pulled up the definitive English phonetic alphabet: a aisle
b bdellium
c czar
d Djibouti
e eyrie
f you shall not pass
g gnome
h honor
i unus
j jalapeno
k potassium
l quinquaginta
m mnemonic
n ieung
o opossum
p ptomaine
q queue
r the shortest distance between the center and the edge of a circle
s szechuan
t tsar
u uillean
v quinque
w wrench
x abcissa
y ordinate
z applicate |
Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 26 Nov 2025 12:20 p.m. PST |
That works in English, which, thanks to the French and their bloody Viking mercenaries a thousand-odd years ago, has the worst sound-to-symbol mapping of any alphabetical language (although Thai is close, and that was clearly intentional, an alphabet created by royal command). |
| pzivh43 | 26 Nov 2025 12:55 p.m. PST |
Good drivel! As in your list has no earthly resemblance to reality! |
| etotheipi | 26 Nov 2025 12:57 p.m. PST |
English is 50% Latin, 50% Old Norse, and 7% other stuff. |
| Ryan T | 26 Nov 2025 4:15 p.m. PST |
I have decided to change way I spell my first name to Yrrhighaupn. Yrrh as in myrrh; igh as in fight, au as in laugh; pn as in pneumatic. |
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