just overheard my wife spelling something on the phone and i shit you not saying the words “E as in Eeyore” i am on my hands and knees wailing screaming crying pleading and begging people to learn the NATO phonetic alphabet
like the reason this exists is because none of the words sound like each other, which means that even with a terrible signal both parties should be able to clearly understand the words being spelled
i am dead serious that i believe this should be taught in school
One time I was reading off a microchip ID and I was like "8-B as in Boy-4-3-E as in... Eye". I immediately knew it was a mistake, but for the life of me couldn't think of another word that started with an E. The client, who was writing down the number, stopped and looked at me. I just pointed to my eye.

























