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The '''Standard Spelling Alphabet''', commonly known simply as the '''Spelling Alphabet''' is the {{wp|spelling alphabet}} used in [[Great Nortend]] for radiotelephony and oral communication. It is defined by Standard No. 87 issued by Board of Standards.<ref>''Board of Standards'', ''Spelling Alphabet'', no. 87, 1943.</ref> The alphabet assigns a (relatively) common [[Erbonian English|Erbonian]] male [[Erbonian names and titles|given name]] as a code word to each of the 26 letters of the {{wp|English alphabet}}. | The '''Standard Spelling Alphabet''', commonly known simply as the '''Spelling Alphabet''', is the {{wp|spelling alphabet}} used in [[Great Nortend]] for radiotelephony and oral communication. It is defined by Standard No. 87 issued by Board of Standards.<ref>''Board of Standards'', ''Spelling Alphabet'', no. 87, 1943.</ref> The alphabet assigns a (relatively) common [[Erbonian English|Erbonian]] male [[Erbonian names and titles|given name]] as a code word to each of the 26 letters of the {{wp|English alphabet}}. | ||
==Use== | |||
The Spelling Alphabet is in common use by the [[War Office (Great Nortend)|Armed Forces]] and civil services over the radio or telephone in order to ensure that words are transmitted accurately. It is also often used as an alphabet to teach young children the alphabet in conjunction with alphabets base on common nouns. Formulations such as “A for Adam's Apple” or “H for Hartmold's Horse” are ''de rigueur''. | |||
==Code== | ==Code== | ||
* A for | * A for Adam | ||
* B for Bertram | * B for Bertram | ||
* C for Caspar | * C for Caspar | ||
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* Y for Yves (pronounced “Yeeves”) | * Y for Yves (pronounced “Yeeves”) | ||
* Z for Zachary | * Z for Zachary | ||
{{GNC}} | {{GNC}} | ||
Revision as of 05:19, 26 March 2021
The Standard Spelling Alphabet, commonly known simply as the Spelling Alphabet, is the spelling alphabet used in Great Nortend for radiotelephony and oral communication. It is defined by Standard No. 87 issued by Board of Standards.[1] The alphabet assigns a (relatively) common Erbonian male given name as a code word to each of the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
Use
The Spelling Alphabet is in common use by the Armed Forces and civil services over the radio or telephone in order to ensure that words are transmitted accurately. It is also often used as an alphabet to teach young children the alphabet in conjunction with alphabets base on common nouns. Formulations such as “A for Adam's Apple” or “H for Hartmold's Horse” are de rigueur.
Code
- A for Adam
- B for Bertram
- C for Caspar
- D for Dominic
- E for Edmund
- F for Frederic
- G for Godfrey
- H for Hartmold
- I for Isaac
- J for John
- K for Kingsey
- L for Lewis
- M for Mark
- N for Nicholas
- O for Oswald
- P for Peter
- Q for Quentin
- R for Richard
- S for Spencer
- T for Thomas
- U for Uriel
- V for Victor
- W for William
- X for Xavier
- Y for Yves (pronounced “Yeeves”)
- Z for Zachary
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 | This page is written in Erbonian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, realise, instal, sobre, shew, artefact), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. |
- ↑ Board of Standards, Spelling Alphabet, no. 87, 1943.