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My mother has a difficult time hearing over the phone and often asks us to spell out a word. Recently she has begun asking us to spell with the "A as in apple" method. On our last call she asked, "Is there a word for spelling like that?" I didn't know - does anyone else?
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welcome, jeanine! apparently, that type of alphabet is called a "phonetic" alphabet: NATOand a whole bunch of stuff! (though some of the links are mad broken) 
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A as in Aesthete
B as in Bdellium
C as in Ctenoid
D as in Djinn
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A for ism
B for mutton
C for highlanders
D for ential
E for brick
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A for ism
B for mutton
C for highlanders
D for ential
E for brick
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... F for vessence 
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A for ism
B for mutton
C for highlanders
D for ential
E for brick
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... F for vessence Sometimes we get a little carried away trying to outdo ourselves. Welcome jeanine hope you stay with us. Can't you and your mother simple come up with a standard set of letters (A as in apple, B as in boy, C as in Charlie) and have it at hand when talking???
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"Phonal" is as close as I cold come without spending all morning at it. Here are some other possibilities:
http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=phonetic+a-as-in-apple
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G for with.
jeanine, don't worry. They are carried away by alphabętism.
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