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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What do you call... #39350 08/23/01 07:47 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10 R reed OP stranger OP reed stranger R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10 What do you call it when, for example, you arrange by phone to rent a car, and the operator says "Your confirmation number is H as in Harry..." What's the term for the H as in Harry part, and what are the some of the standard lists giving A as in Able, X as in X-ray, and so on? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What do you call... reed 08/23/01 07:47 PM Re: What do you call... Faldage 08/23/01 07:59 PM Re: What do you call... Bobyoungbalt 08/23/01 08:06 PM Re: Zulu time Faldage 08/23/01 08:24 PM Re: What do you call... NicholasW 08/24/01 08:36 AM Re: What do you call... Bean 08/24/01 10:44 AM Re: What do you call... NicholasW 08/24/01 11:14 AM Re: What do you call... Bean 08/24/01 11:20 AM Re: What do you call... AnnaStrophic 08/23/01 08:08 PM Re: Phonetice Faldage 08/23/01 08:15 PM And what do you call... AnnaStrophic 08/23/01 08:12 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,381 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 346 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,568 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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