Okay...

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

I'm a little stupid about the phonetic alphabet...but.

Is it C as in cat, or C as in Sam?

I'm just curious if I've stumbled into an alternate universe, where the alphabet is warped.... because I just spent five minutes on the phone merely attempting to wrangle the PC name out of a user who was not very good with my phonetic spelling... even using comparison phrasing such as the above.

Also, in her world, "B as in boy" is the same as "V as in boy."

Some might argue a bad phone connection. However, her voice was crystal clear, and I know people would complain if they can't hear me. Hell, they can hear my officemates across the room (especially when they swear, but that's a whole other rant).

...my brain hurts.

Comments

[zucci-zookeenee.livejournal.com]

I once said "B as in brocolli" and they repeated "K as in krocolli?"

...I don't even think B and K sound anything alike.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

I once was asked if the numbers needed to be capitalized.

[mooja.livejournal.com]

i prefer T as in Tsunami

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

I don't think so either... logic fail maybe?

/passes over the marguerita mix

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

Ooo ooo ooo! Can they be capitalized? :D

Or is it like this:
S as in sea.
E as in eye.
X as in xylophone.

....that...was unintentional (reads down)....but I'm leaving that up. <3

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

::snickers:: Now that's just mean. :)

[zucci-zookeenee.livejournal.com]

V as in veloceraptor!

[toxico.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Freud would be so proud!

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

It's been a bad day... had a major program crash and people don't know how to check known problems...

This was one of the nicer users who called, but her issues with her PC name were so amusing, if frustrating to me, that I had to post it here. :) Needless to say, my brain is fried and is going back to lizard-mode.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

SUPRIEZ LIZARDSECKS?

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

Velociraptor leaps upon and devours user. Rawr. :)

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

you don't know much spanish, do you? ;-) B and V sound the same, and c does in fact have a K or an S sound. cocina = koseena. we stole some of that for english, you know? think about "grocery."

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

....dies from laughter.

<3

[zucci-zookeenee.livejournal.com]

a dream come true♥!
omnomnomnom

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

and wow, apparently NO ONE here knows spanish...or even english! we have Cs that sound like S, too. man.

[/language geek]

why yes, these are some snarky comments. don't take it personal. ;-) but that seemed the obvious answer to me thanks to the B/V thing.

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

I know a bit. ;)

And I do the phonetic thing automatically, in case there's a bad phone connection...

[hotclaws.livejournal.com]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

/soothe, hands over the Tension Tamer Tea.

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

i think this time it backfired! ;-)

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

...funnily enough, just read Jurassic Park and Lost World last month... >:D

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

She also spoke flawless English... if she was fluent in Spanish, I didn't catch it in her voice. :(

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

oh i'm amused. no need for soothing.

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

This. :)

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

hmm. beats me. but the b/v thing definitely makes sense. and of course, C has a checkered past in every language. the way it works in italian is fun.

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. :D Then I hand over the tequila, the sugar, and the limes. <3