Wednesday, November 02, 2011

the spelling alphabet

i called my bank earlier and i was asked to spell a couple of words (and numbers). . .


other line: ma'am, can you say that again?


Z:  b, as in black angry bird; a as in angry bird; r as in red angry bird; s, as in sponge bob; p, as in papa smurf; h, as in hello kitty . . .


other line:  (laughing) please confirm ma'am,  b as in bravo, a as in alfa, r as in romeo, s as in sierra, p as in papa, h as in hotel . . .


Z:  (the hell, ba't ba gusto mong magulo?!*%!!) . . . ok, miss, my turn, can you repeat what you just said?


other line: (repeats) ma'am, it's b as in bravo, a as in alfa, r as in romeo, s as in sierra, p as in papa, h as in hotel . . .


Z:  ok, miss, sorry, i am confused ang bilis mo eh, basta, it's b, as in black angry bird; a as in angry bird; r as in red angry bird; s, as in sponge bob; p, as in papa smurf; h, as in hello kitty . . .


other line:  (laughing again) got that ma'am, thank you


Z: (hello?!!! mas ok kaya yung akin kesa dyan sa alfa-alfa mo . . . kainis!)


other line:  ok ma'am, let me confirm your reference number . . . it's fow-er, zulu, echo, nine-er, fow-er, two, three . . .


Z:  (the heck!!! ang kulit mo!) ok, miss, its 4 as in 4 calling birds, z as in zashikibuta,  e as in elmo, 9 as in 9 ladies dancing, 4 as in 4 calling birds, 2 as in 2 turtle doves and 3 as in 3 french hens?  correct?


other line:  yes, ma'am . . .




grrrrr . . . the past 2 days naman, it was red angry bird doing that alfa-alfa nine-er nine-er to me while he was giving me instructions to change the codes of my universal remote control . . . nakakainis na ha . . . 


so i checked best friend wikipedia and got this (nato phonetic alphabet):


oh well, bakit ba hindi pwedeng:


A - alexander mcqueen
B - balenciaga
C - coco chanel
D - dolce and gabanna
E - emilio pucci
F - fendi
G - gucci
H - hermes
I - isaac mizrahi
J - jimmy choo
K - karl lagerfield
L - louis vuitton
M - manolo blahnik
N - nina ricci
O - oscar dela renta
P - prada
Q
R - ralph lauren
S - salvatore ferragamo
T - tory burch
U - ugg australia 
V - valentino
W - w. kleinberg
X -
Y -yves saint laurent
Z - zegna


or:


a - angry bird
b - baba black sheep
c - carebears, cabbage patch
d - domo, donald duck
e - elmo
f - fido dido, froggle rock, felix the cat
g - grimace; goofy
h - hetty; hello kitty; hamburglar
i -
j - jerry
k -
l - lightning mcqueen
m - mickey mouse, marvin the martian
n - niknok
o -
p - papa smurf; powerpuff girls, porky pig 
q -
r -
s - sponge bob; snuffleupagus; scooby doo
t - tweety bird
u -
v -
w - wile e. coyote, wonder woman, woody woodpecker
x - x men
y - yogi bear
z - zashikibuta


dba mas masaya? hahaha


Z

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