ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (10/09/85)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> I just discovered this newsgroup, and noticed something about phonetics. While on that subject, maybe someone can help me out on a bizarre phonetic alphabet I once ran into. You are probably familiar with phonetic alphabets, where a word is used to represent a letter to eliminate ambigiuity in pronunciation, especially when the communications medium is poor. Thus, the Army uses Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, something-or- other, Foxtrot, etc. (or later it bacecame Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, etc.) There is an international standard used by airline pilots and so on. Anyway, a few years ago I ran acrosss 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 Has anyone heard of this, or do you have suggestions? This certainly seems a valid topic for this newsgroup! Now watch, someone will tell me it was all discussed here last week! Mike Ciaraldi seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) (10/11/85)
In article <12185@rochester.UUCP> ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP writes: >While on that subject, maybe someone can help me out on >a bizarre phonetic alphabet I once ran into. >I only remember a few: >A = aisle >B = bdelium (a plant, the "B" is silent) >C = czar >D = Djakarta >T = tsar I can add my favorites (guaranteed to make the strings start in the wrong place during orchestra rehearsal!) : M = mnemonic P = Pterodactyl X = xylophone (or is this one two easy?) >Now watch, someone will tell me it was all discussed here last week! Dunno about that, but I know for sure it was disscussed next week. Darwin's Dad (Carl Witthoft) ...!{decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!aoa!carl @ Adaptive Optics Assoc., 54 Cambridgepark Dr. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-864-0201 " Buffet-Crampon R-13 , VanDoren B-45, and VanDoren Fortes ."
wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard) (10/12/85)
<> Note: This is STella Calvert, a guest on this account. In article <12185@rochester.UUCP> ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP writes: >A = aisle >B = bdelium (a plant, the "B" is silent) >C = czar >D = Djakarta May I suggest: E = exterior G = gnome K = known M = mnemonic P = pneumonia >T = tsar So who's next, who has better ideas! >Now watch, someone will tell me it was all discussed here last week! No, it was discussed here NEXT week. (Thanks, this could be fun for a day or two! 8-) STella Calvert (guest on ...!decvax!frog!wjr) Every man and every woman is a star.
mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/13/85)
> Anyway, a few years ago > I ran acrosss 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. > > Has anyone heard of this, or do you have suggestions? > This certainly seems a valid topic for this newsgroup! > > Now watch, someone will tell me it was all discussed here last week! It was all discussed here last week. (I didn't want you to be disappointed.) Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "Given a choice, most people would rather not be attacked by horrid undersea slime creatures." "NO!" "Truth hurts."
judith@proper.UUCP (Judith Abrahms) (10/15/85)
>>A = aisle >>B = bdelium (a plant, the "B" is silent) >>C = czar >>D = Djakarta > > E = exterior Huh? > G = gnome H = heir, honor > K = known > M = mnemonic > P = pneumonia > >>T = tsar We do have X = xylophone, don't we? J.A.
evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (10/15/85)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> > Anyway, a few years ago > I ran acrosss 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 Strangely enough, I'd given this a bit of thought myself, and I came up with a few other fairly obvious ones: P=psyche G=Gnaw K=Knight W=Wrong X=Xylophone Yours in bizarreness (mine too) --Evan Marcus -- {ucbvax|decvax}!vax135!petsd!petfe!evan ...!pedsgd!pedsga!evan Allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery. Wisconsin residents add 5% sales tax. Member FSLIC.