Phone Test Solution Manual

[kenny at m.cs.uiuc.edu]

/* Written  6:48 pm  Apr 24, 1989 by wsmith at m.cs.uiuc.edu in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.lang.c */
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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

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Rather silly, in my opinion, since it makes the `telephone test' that
much harder.  If I'm reading letters to someone over the telephone,
I'll more often than not use the radio alphabet, which eliminates the
confusion between sound-alike letters, and is internationally
standardized:

alfa	echo	india	mike	quint	uniform	yankee
bravo	foxtrot	juliet	november romeo	victor	zulu
charlie	golf	kilo	oscar	sierra	whiskey
delta	hotel	lima	papa	tango	x-ray

and distinguish between `fife' and `niner', too.