The NATO phonetics are so tired and old. This one uses popular fictional characters instead:
Aladdin Buffy Cruella Dorothy Edward Fiona Gandalf Hulk Igor Joker Kermit Lilo Mufasa Naruto Olaf Pikachu Quark Rapunzel Scoobie Tigger Ursula Vegeta Wolverine Xena Yoda Zorro
wow E? that’s fucked up
spoiler
A as in Aye, B as in Bee, C as in Cay, D as in Dee, E as in Ex, F as in Fee, G as in Gee, H as in He, I as in I, J as in Jew, K as in Knight, L as in Lay, M as in May, N as in Night, O as in Oh, P as in Phi, Q as in Quran, R as in Ray, S as in Say, T as in Two, U as in Use, V as in Vain, W as in Why, X as in Xeno, Y as in You, Z as in Zeno
Anyways this is what it feels like when people don’t use nato phonetic with my deaf ass
For Frodo!
“Aye for Ee-gor”
🤔
I was also considering Iroh
You used Quark, and not Quasimodo?
I’ll hunch your back and make you Notre Dame all over the fifteenth century.
I wanted them to all be under four syllables. I also tried to maximize variety for ending sounds, and there’s a lot of them that end in ‘o’ sounds already. Additionally I tried to pick names that could refer to multiple characters, e.g. Edward could refer to FMA, but it could also refer to Twilight; the name Quark shows up a lot. Also I didn’t want the list to feel too Disney heavy.
Kids these days… You should demand Quatermass!
edit: ugh someone made a remake :(
I love that book
I know you chose these on purpose.
Unfortunately, Xena has got to go. There’s no phonetic difference with Z. Xavier might be your best bet, but that’s a tough one.
Edit… Quebec and Kilo in the NATO one give me pause, though. Maybe Xena can stay after all.
If Cruella was written with a K, it would be pronounced the same, too. A certain amount of phonetic redundancy is pretty normal for alphabets that weren’t purpose-made for that specific language.
Is Zena a word or relatively well-known name?
If Cruella was written with a K, it would be pronounced the same, too
I suspect that’s why NATO uses Charlie. No other letter is pronounced ⟨tʃ⟩ with any significant frequency in English.
Can I suggest Chucky?
Edit: actually, even better: Chewbacca.
Check out Zena Warrior Princess.
Yeah, I really racked my brain on that one. There is a superhero named Xray, but it isn’t a satisfying option. Xavier is actually really good, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that, professor X, easy to remember.
Xenomorph
X for Xorg
Eh, blame the English for making the language lmao
I’m all for this
Should just be Xen anyway.
X-force
Love this. Quick note, Scooby is spelled with a Y.
Oh, thanks. My bad.
Wheres the Yoda key
That’s “e”, as in “Epstein”.
Improved based on feedback.
Quark!!! I love that for Q
So long as it’s said with maximum Odo grumpiness.
Quaarrrrrrrk!
Haha yeees
Folks still remember Zorro, that’s awesome. Loved it as a kid.
Jandalf
