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  • S Sascha Lefevre

    spell?

    If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

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    megaadam
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    I doubt that. I am pretty sure "spell it out" could be speaking like: "S", "S", "L".

    ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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      I mean the verb for speaking audibly over a crappy phone or radio connection. "Sorry I cannot hear if you are saying "F" or "S" would you please ----?"

      ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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      PeejayAdams
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      I think I'd just ask them to spell it phonetically or just prompt them with "Is that F for foxtrot, S for sierra?" If there is a specific word for it - and I doubt that there is - it would be so obscure that they wouldn't recognise it over a crackly 'phone line.

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        I thought that willfully misunderstaning was ElizabethBenneting... (I forgot the joke question. And yes, I am skilled in idioting... a Master Idiot, I think).

        * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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        peterkmx
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        Funny answer ... don't be too demanding for yourself

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        • M megaadam

          What verb describes the act of using the phonetic alphabet? (ie: Alpha, Romeo, Foxtrot etc) Thanks [EDIT: Ooops seems like I misposted, should've been the Lounge :|]

          ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          If there were, very few people would know what you mean when you say it. :sigh:

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          • M megaadam

            What verb describes the act of using the phonetic alphabet? (ie: Alpha, Romeo, Foxtrot etc) Thanks [EDIT: Ooops seems like I misposted, should've been the Lounge :|]

            ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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            Lost User
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            There is none; and you'd have to specify which phonetic alphabet, as there are multiple in use. As a programmer I never learned the "proper" words that go with each letter (except Utrecht), so I keep making new words up on the spot. CodeProject. Cow, Opening, Donkey, Eek*, Pizza, Rats, Oven, Joker, Ethereum, Crap, Tippetytoe.

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            • M megaadam

              What verb describes the act of using the phonetic alphabet? (ie: Alpha, Romeo, Foxtrot etc) Thanks [EDIT: Ooops seems like I misposted, should've been the Lounge :|]

              ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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              kmoorevs
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              Phoneticize? ..as in, 'can you please phoneticize that last word?' (spell checker disagrees) :sigh:

              "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                Phoneticize? ..as in, 'can you please phoneticize that last word?' (spell checker disagrees) :sigh:

                "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                Brisingr Aerowing
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                Browser Spell Checkers are often useless. Phoneticize | Define Phoneticize at Dictionary.com[^]

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                • M megaadam

                  I mean the verb for speaking audibly over a crappy phone or radio connection. "Sorry I cannot hear if you are saying "F" or "S" would you please ----?"

                  ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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                  Jorgen Andersson
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                  "Sorry I cannot hear if you are saying "F" or "S" would you please use the spelling alphabet?" Spelling alphabet - Wikipedia[^]

                  Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                  • L Lost User

                    There is none; and you'd have to specify which phonetic alphabet, as there are multiple in use. As a programmer I never learned the "proper" words that go with each letter (except Utrecht), so I keep making new words up on the spot. CodeProject. Cow, Opening, Donkey, Eek*, Pizza, Rats, Oven, Joker, Ethereum, Crap, Tippetytoe.

                    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                    Wastedtalent
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                    Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                    As a programmer I never learned the "proper" words that go with each letter

                    Q for Cucumber?

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                    • M megaadam

                      What verb describes the act of using the phonetic alphabet? (ie: Alpha, Romeo, Foxtrot etc) Thanks [EDIT: Ooops seems like I misposted, should've been the Lounge :|]

                      ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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                      kl8r8
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                      Most probably the verb like 'spell' or 'pronounce' Still when working on a few morphology related papers with jetwriters I've seen a couple of times phrases like 'use a phonetic alphabet' So far I haven't seen any other collocations used with the word 'alphabet'

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