A Conversation for Rod's Phonetic Alphabet

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Post 1

Willem

I can't remember the 'h' one but I'm sure it's 'x for breakfast'.


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Post 2

Beatrice

I'm sure I had a conversation thread about this yonks ago, but I can never rememebr all the suggestions.

O for the wings of a dove, is my personal favourite. And R for sixpence.

We could have R for Dent, maybe we could come up with a full h2g2 related version!


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Post 3

Beatrice

http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/brunel/F76570?thread=661062 Here's some previous thoughts on the subject!


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Post 4

Rod

Hi folks, and thanks!

Tell you what though - Beatrice's post, isn't it surprising that PedanticBarSteward didn't get any replies?


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Post 5

Beatrice

Well, it was a thread attached to an obscure entry that was never submitted for review.....pretty unchartered waters, really.


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Post 6

Rod

yes, Willem, of course: X for breakfast. Puts one in mind of the old Two Ronnies sketch

F U N E M?
S V F M
F U N E X?
S V F X
O K. M N X


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Post 7

Willem

Heh heh! Haven't seen that one before.


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Post 8

Rod

Yeah, the two Ronnies were tops in their day... try this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ
(self-starting video, 6m:36s) and/or google 'the two ronnies', there are quite a few clips.


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