inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) (10/14/85)
> From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> > I ran across a bizarre alphabet where all the words > were deliberatley chosen so the pronunciation > was wrong, i.e. the way the first letter sounded was > not the way the word was spelled. > I only remember a few: > > A = aisle > B = bdelium (a plant, the "B" is silent) > C = czar > D = Djakarta > T = tsar > *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Never heard of it, but here are a few ideas. I'm sure this newsgroup can come up with the rest... E = eye F = Fe (pronounced "iron") -- Gary Benson * John Fluke Mfg. Co. * PO Box C9090 * Everett WA * 98206 MS/232-E = = {allegra} {uw-beaver} !fluke!inc = = (206)356-5367 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-ascii is our god and unix is his profit-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard) (10/16/85)
In article <717@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) writes: >> From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> >> I ran across a bizarre alphabet where all the words >> were deliberatley chosen so the pronunciation >> was wrong, i.e. the way the first letter sounded was >> not the way the word was spelled. >> I only remember a few: >> >> A = aisle >> B = bdelium (a plant, the "B" is silent) >> C = czar >> D = Djakarta >> T = tsar There's also: A as in aye C as in cthonian or ctenophore G as in gnosis or gnostic H as in honor K as in knight M as in mnemonic N as in nth O as in oedipal P as in pneumatic or psychology -- Henry Polard (You bring the flames - I'll bring the marshmallows.) {ihnp4,cbosgd,amd}!fortune!polard N.B: The words in this posting do not necessarily express the opinions of me, my employer, or any AI project.