Comments on: spelling counts http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/ Powered by Cheezhead Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Tiffany http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-694 Tiffany Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:46:16 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-694 Hey guys, I really don't think a bunch of English words used by Aviators (where English is the official language) is going to help my east Asian and African talent know how to spell a Welsh Gaelic name. "L like Lima" is only going to confuse matters. Hey guys, I really don’t think a bunch of English words used by Aviators (where English is the official language) is going to help my east Asian and African talent know how to spell a Welsh Gaelic name. “L like Lima” is only going to confuse matters.

]]> By: Barrett http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-693 Barrett Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:38:29 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-693 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

]]> By: dawn http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-481 dawn Tue, 23 May 2006 16:37:01 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-481 My last name is nice and British yet I have yet to hear someone say it like it's spelled. I get Pendelton, Penniltin, Penicillin and some variation that makes me wonder where their minds are: Penile-ton. I always feel compelled to tell people I have allergies when I'm spelling my name and they eff it up, but I know perfectly well that I "talk good" and I thus own my right to weep uncontrollably when it takes 35 minutes to convince them my last name is what it is and that "Dawn" is not and never HAS been short for "Donald." My last name is nice and British yet I have yet to hear someone say it like it’s spelled. I get Pendelton, Penniltin, Penicillin and some variation that makes me wonder where their minds are: Penile-ton. I always feel compelled to tell people I have allergies when I’m spelling my name and they eff it up, but I know perfectly well that I “talk good” and I thus own my right to weep uncontrollably when it takes 35 minutes to convince them my last name is what it is and that “Dawn” is not and never HAS been short for “Donald.”

]]> By: Dave http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-438 Dave Tue, 16 May 2006 21:14:44 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-438 Tiffany: All of the letters at the end of your name are hard for people to hear properly. Fortunately for you, this problem was discovered long ago by the military & aviation, and they have an answer: The NATO Alphabet. In your case, it would go like this: D as in Delta, E as in Echo, L as in Lima, L as in Lima. Few people mess it up once they hear you go through it like this. Hang in there! :grin: Tiffany:

All of the letters at the end of your name are hard for people to hear properly. Fortunately for you, this problem was discovered long ago by the military & aviation, and they have an answer: The NATO Alphabet.

In your case, it would go like this:

D as in Delta, E as in Echo, L as in Lima, L as in Lima. Few people mess it up once they hear you go through it like this.

Hang in there! :grin:

]]> By: Jim http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-437 Jim Tue, 16 May 2006 20:24:59 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/05/16/spelling-counts/#comment-437 It's still not too late to change it to Braxenidgell... It’s still not too late to change it to Braxenidgell…

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