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Fitz Sep 2021 11:02am, 7 Sep 2021 2,480 posts	Quote Pin Fitz That's a gear-grinder in itself - listening to people on the phone making up their own phonetic alphabet on the hoof... A for apple B for bacon C for cocaine... ... ect. (Sorry, ETC!)
MarkyMarkMark (3M) Sep 2021 11:22am, 7 Sep 2021 16,080 posts	Quote Pin MarkyMarkMark (3M) [I try to use it when dealing with my IT ServiceDesk colleagues. It doesn't always seem to register with some people what you are doing! Having been on the receiving end of it in the past, I always found "e" (pronounced "eh?") for x-ray is always a good one... ] People who spell my surname wrong. The only person of note who ever spelled it with an "e" was Frankie Howerd, and he did it just to be different. (I usually say - "Like in the castle. Otherwise no relation." It works around most of North Yorkshire at least!)
Alice the Camel Sep 2021 11:42am, 7 Sep 2021 8,245 posts	Quote Pin Alice the Camel Lol @ Fitz
The Great Raemondo Sep 2021 12:02pm, 7 Sep 2021 8,245 posts	Quote Pin The Great Raemondo K for knife. S for sea.
Sigh Sep 2021 12:10pm, 7 Sep 2021 10,126 posts	Quote Pin Sigh [Another colleague a few years back used to explain his name - Rolf Moore - on the phone to people by saying: "Rolf as in Harris, Moore as in Roger" ]
LazyDaisy Sep 2021 12:11pm, 7 Sep 2021 34,166 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy [I bet he doesn't use the first one anymore 🤣🤣]
Surrey Phil Sep 2021 1:26pm, 7 Sep 2021 7,009 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I always use the NATO phonetic alphabet on the phone when talking to professionals or government departments. Without being patronising, the elderly don't pick it up as well and you tend to resort to alternatives.
GordonG Sep 2021 1:42pm, 7 Sep 2021 8,769 posts	Quote Pin GordonG you should try having a name where both first and surname could be a first or surname. doesn't help when work emails are Surname.Firstname@... As was said earlier, it's frustrating to sign off an email with 'Regards, [first name]' only to immediately receive a reply 'Dear [surname]' someone i know called it Bruce Wayne syndrome, which i rather like
GordonG Sep 2021 1:43pm, 7 Sep 2021 8,770 posts	Quote Pin GordonG and i used to know a guy with the surname Muffs. That's a corker to explain when making a booking by phone.
Metro_Nome Sep 2021 1:43pm, 7 Sep 2021 6,248 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome One of our well known senior members of management is called Graeme Gordon. I worked recently with a Gordon Graham, and everybody calls him Graham all the time.