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minus-square@JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•4 months ago Potato Botato Brother the explicit purpose of the phonetic alphabet is to make all of the letters audibly distinguishable by ensuring none of them rhyme
minus-square@CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI can understand your confusion, but the first one he pronounced “po-tah-to”.
minus-squareThe Ramen DutchmanlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoYet I’ve had someone tell me “P for Pear” which did not answer my question “B or P?”
minus-square@JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI wish more people knew the Geneva standard phonetic alphabet or whatever the fuck it’s called
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoGood point Cotato and Kotato would certainly be a problem.
Brother the explicit purpose of the phonetic alphabet is to make all of the letters audibly distinguishable by ensuring none of them rhyme
Boh-tah-toe
I can understand your confusion, but the first one he pronounced “po-tah-to”.
Yet I’ve had someone tell me “P for Pear” which did not answer my question “B or P?”
I wish more people knew the Geneva standard phonetic alphabet or whatever the fuck it’s called
Good point Cotato and Kotato would certainly be a problem.