Phone Test Solution Manual

[wsmith at m.cs.uiuc.edu]

>
>And the real answer is... (ta ta!)
>
>... so you can talk to other engineers about the program without
>saying, "The first A is capitalized, and the S in Set, and ... no not
>that one..."

I had a scheme that solved this problem.  To wit: when you spell something
pronounce upper and lower case letters differently.  I've lost the original
file but here is a reconstruction.

Lower case letters are pronounced normally.  (except n which is pronounced
neh to make m-n more distinct.)

Upper case are pronounced as follows:

A--yay   B--bah   C--saw  D--daw  E--yee  F--ahf  G--jaw   H--awtch
I--yie   J--jaw   K--kaw  L--awl  M--ahm  N--naw  O--yo    P--pah
Q--kway  R--air   S--ahs  T--tah  U--yuh  V--vaw  W--double-yuh  X--ahks
Y--waw   Z--zaw

note that the letters R and U are irregular and alternate proposals to make S
irregular are welcome...

Since this has nothing to do with the brewing flame fest, I hope the
brilliant idea will not be lost. :-)

Bill Smith
wsmith at cs.uiuc.edu
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