Some of those who get through my Phone Firewall are... special.
And spelling correctly is important. I've got the military alphabet memorised for exactly this reason. Most of the users, however, do not, and so I'm constantly subjected to "F as in Frank" and "S as in Sam" and "Q as in, uh, um, some word that starts in 'Q'".
"I" as in "Einstein" happened this morning with a PARTICULARLY impressive specimen.
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Date: 2005-09-16 02:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-16 03:43 pm (UTC)...
...what?
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Date: 2005-09-16 04:25 pm (UTC)And spelling correctly is important. I've got the military alphabet memorised for exactly this reason. Most of the users, however, do not, and so I'm constantly subjected to "F as in Frank" and "S as in Sam" and "Q as in, uh, um, some word that starts in 'Q'".
"I" as in "Einstein" happened this morning with a PARTICULARLY impressive specimen.
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Date: 2005-09-16 04:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-09-16 04:48 pm (UTC)Though I as in Eilstein . . . that's awful
For hte record, it's India, right?
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Date: 2005-09-16 05:06 pm (UTC)No, these are Americans!
(Yes, "India" is the military phonetic alphabet for "I")
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Date: 2005-09-16 08:40 pm (UTC)Otherwise, I got nothin'.
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Date: 2005-09-17 01:13 am (UTC)