ecn-pa.alexande (07/21/82)
We would not presume to submit an answer to the little quiz we announced last week for which we guaranteed that no answer submitted would be correct, but we did have this little key in mind when we made up the quiz, and thought that others out there in nlangland would be interested in seeing, (and flaming on) this little alphabet. A quick glance through a few of the entries will give you the idea of the thing, then you can study it more carefully at your leisure to see if you have any major objections. Please post any comments to the net, not to us. Mark Raabe pur-ee!ecn-pa!haamu Alan Alexander-Manifold pur-ee!ecn-pa!alexande A as in Sault Sainte Marie (1st) B as in dumbwaitperson C as in Connecticut (2nd) D as in Wednesday (1st) E as in obfusticate F as in bailiff (2nd) G as in gnome-phlegm H as in "Heads up, guvnuh!" I as in juicy nuisance J as in marijuana K as in knapsack L as in calf (that's a lalf and a haugh) M as in mnemonic (1st) N as in a damn solemn autumn hymn O as in onomatopoeia (4th) P as in pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (1st) Q as in lacquer R as in dossier S as in island of debris T as in often U as in guard this mosque V as in savvy (2nd), or "of" (0th) W as in wretched whoremongerer's sword X as in Sioux City, or St. Croix Y as in Jayne Mansfield Z as in laissez-faire You must agree, we think, that this makes "Thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog" transliterophonate into an extremely common English expression. Mark & Alan