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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts 
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One part of my job entails giving out new passwords to users over the phone, to make sure there's no communication breakdown the standard A as in Alpha, B as in Bravo...is done. I thought it would be funny to give words that had silent leading letters (in theory, I don't think it would endear me too well with upper management in practice).
Here's what I've assembled so far: Quote:
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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I don't know any words that have a silent f at the start, but halfpenny has one in the middle.
J as in Juan. Not a word, but a name. Probably got to be some other Spanish words or something. Tired. That's not one of the words, it's just a statement.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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J as in Jesus (pronounced Hay-Soos)
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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-Hey, Seuss! You in the caboose?
-No, silly goose! I'm on the loose! Ah, nevermind.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts
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You forgot about noose!
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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How about:
W as in Wrap Not many as the word has to sound the same with the first letter missing.
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Dreadnought Special user Athens, Georgia 836 Posts
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Go the Spanish route for J.
J= Jorobado (hump back) Q=Qatar T=Tusnami U=urn W= ***
Peace
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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Also: W as in Write ...although you have writ
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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Got another one.
W as in Wring Probably a few more W's lurking around.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Quote:
On 2011-06-28 01:13, acesover wrote: Who says?
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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Quote:
On 2011-06-28 01:17, critter wrote: Or not. 
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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OK...this is pushing it.
W as in Wrangle
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Hm...
I as in eye?
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Dreadnought Special user Athens, Georgia 836 Posts
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For I go the Latin route. In Latin the letter I is pronounced like e. A good word would be Ius (eoose) it means law or soup.
Peace
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts
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I really like "B as in bdellium," it creates the sort of problem using words is supposed to prevent.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Dip.
 Thong. 
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts
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GH, as in laugh... O, as in women... TI, as in motion.
GHOTI = FISH
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts
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I as in Ian
j as in jalepeno s as in 'sblood t as in tse-tse
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts
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E as in Europe, euphoria, eulogy, euphemism, eucalyptus
G as in gnarl, gnu H as in herb, honor K as in knob, knock, knight, knee, know O as in Oedipus P as in psycho, pseudo, pterodactyl, ptomaine, pneumatic T as in Tchaikovsky W as in wrench, wrestle, wrap, wreckage, wrinkle, wrong
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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L in almond.
The I in family, unless you're singing the song, "we are family, I got all my sisters and me...", which you probably shouldn't be singing. The ing in gonna. I can keep going, but I'm not sure I'm keeping within the spirit of the original post. |
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