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The order numbers were a single letter followed by 6 or 7 numbers, and we were encouraged (for the sake of clarity) to state the letter, then an example (to separate the Ms from the Ns, the Ds from the Ts) a la "P as in Pickle". But me, I can't the easy way out... it was always "P as in Psychology" or "M as in Mnemonic". Periodically I'd get a chuckle out of a customer, but more often, my mind conjured up images of people with blank stares holding the receiver up to their addled heads.
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but more often, my mind conjured up images of people with blank stares holding the receiver up to their addled heads.
Ah, FB, I love it!I've done the same, though not always with something like "gnostic" for "G." Just using a word that's not used in everyday parlance works just as well. Heck, "parlance" is a good example itself. Something like "P" as in parataxis - that'll shake 'em up!
B as in Bdellium
C as in Ctenoid
D as in Djinn
E as in Euphony
F as in Fnese
G as in (Hmm, don't remember G)
H as in Hono(u)r
I as in Iatrogenic
J as in (Hmm, don't remember J)
K as in Knowledge
L as in Lsdism
M as in Mnemonic
N
O as in Outré
P as in Ptarmigan
Q as in Quiche*
R (never did come up with a good one for R)
S as in 'Sblood
T - Z
The blanks I don't remember. I had come up with everything from A - Z except R. Z was along the lines of S, a contraction of God's Whatever with a following unvoiced consonant that would cause the Z to be unvoiced.
*Pronounced kwich, not keesh; it's an old Scottish word meaning which.
Yeah, well, that wasn't it, though. I thought of that, but rejected it on the grounds that the Z was voiced (at least in my damyankee pernunsiashun).
W - who
Y - Ypsilanti (do placenames count?)
There is also a lovely scene in "The Radio Ham" with Tony Hancock in which he is using the phonetic alphabet. But the other party doesn't understand (for example) "Alpha" so Tony starts in with "Alpha - A for apples, L for Lunch". I think he gets about 3 levels down before he gives up.
Some may not be correct -
Ishould have googled - it can be found at http://www.heenan.net/trivia/language/alfabet.html
A for 'orses ......... Hay for Horses
B for Mutton ......... Beef or Muttton
C for highlanders .... Seaforth Higlanders (a Scots regiment?)
D for Evans .......... Dyfor Evans (a Welsh singer?)
E for Adam
F for Essence ........ Effervescence
G for ................ (g for se = G force?)
H for consent
I for Novello ........ Ivor Novello
J for Oranges ........ Jaffa Oranges
K for Ancis ..... Kay Francis
L for Leather ........ 'ell for Leather
M for Sis ............ emphasis
N for lope
O for seas ........... Overseas
P for a penny ........ (What it cost)
Q for Anything ....... A British habit especially in and after WWII
R for Askey .......... Arthur Askey
S for Williams ....... Esther Williams
T for Two
U for Me
V for La France ...... Vive la France
W for a tenner ....... Double you for £10
X for Bacon .......... Eggs for Bacon
Y for ................ (Y for a husband?)
Z for the doctor, I've got a cod" z=ZED remember!
Rod
No, wai, wait. It's
P as in Phthisic
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