"R for.. Rectum" and other Phonetic Fails
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- Mike Alpha Kilo Echo Sierra Uniform Romeo Echo Yankee Oscar Uniform Lima India Kilo Echo Alpha November Delta Sierra Uniform Bravo Sierra Charlie Romeo India Bravo Echo!
Alpha November Delta Whiskey Hotel Alpha Tango' Sierra Tango Hotel Echo Delta Echo Alpha Lima Whiskey India Tango Hotel November Foxtrot Tango Sierra LIMA OSCAR LIMA?
Lima India Kilo Echo, India' Mike Alpha November Oscar Lima Delta Mike Alpha November Bravo Uniform Tango Sierra Tango India Lima Lima , Alpha Papa India Charlie Tango Uniform Romeo Echo Oscar Foxtrot Alpha Mike Oscar November Kilo Echo Yankee Alpha Sierra Charlie Uniform Romeo Romeo Echo November Charlie Yankee? India Delta Uniform November November Oscar Alpha November Yankee Mike Oscar Romeo Echo...
Bravo Uniform Tango Tango Hotel Alpha Tango' Sierra Papa Romeo Oscar Bravo Alpha Bravo Lima Yankee Juliet Uniform Sierra Tango Mike Echo Lima Oscar Lima.
Alpha November Yankee Whiskey Alpha Yankee, Hotel Oscar Papa Echo Yankee Oscar Uniform Echo November Juliet Oscar Yankee!
Sierra Kilo Uniform Lima Lima Echo Mike Oscar Juiliet India India India India India India
Alpha November Oscar Tango Hotel Echo Romeo Bravo Alpha November Golf Echo Romeo Victor India Delta, Mike Alpha Tango Tango!!
ANOTHER BANGER VID, MATT!!
Read the first letter of each word ofc
(Another banger vid, Matt)
India Alpha Golf Romeo Echo Echo!
Lima Mike Alfa Oscar, Golf Echo November India Uniform Sierra
I couldn't figure out how to read that first word was so I read "A Not her Banger Vid Matt"
A is for "Apple-bottomed jeans," B for "Boots with fur" C is for "The whole Club is looking at her."
D for did you
S for she hit the floor
j is for JESSICA
@@mikudayoooooo n for ni-
@@theasandys -ce
Thing is, the phonetic alphabet literally exists to provide recognizable words beginning with each letter that can't get mixed up for any other words. So "C for Chris Brown" and "R for Rectum," along with some of the others in this video, fulfill their function well.
Y for Wanker, though, is right out.
Fr. At least “u for TH-cam” I can understand 💀
U for Uranus
@@OrigamiAhsoka But it's wrong. TH-cam would be Y, not U.
C for Car sounds better
Yeah exactly, as long as it works, does it matters? the point isnt the words itself, its getting the meaning across
2:58 The fact he's trans and presumably picked the name himself makes it funnier. YOU DECIDED THAT NAME DUDE.
I guess he made sure he wouldn't forget. 😂
Double silly
EXACTLY what i thought lmao
my guy this is the name you picked out yourself
I didn’t even know the phonetic alphabet was a thing before this video. Thank you Matt for keeping us educated.
Me too I'm use to ABCD but not like this kind 😅
Same
How?
I didn’t know it was a thing either
Same
Phoned a taxi once, drunk as a skunk. Had to give them my postcode, she couldn't understand my Scottish accent so I proudly proclaimed "FG FOR FKING GIRAFFE" my friend still won't let me live it down but it worked so I don't see the problem🤔
🤔🤔🤔
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
"drunk as a skunk" XD
🤣🤣🤣
My dad, who is bilingual, got his languages mixed up one time while spelling out a word. He kept saying 'k' and the other person kept writing it down as c and reading it back that way, so he said no no no, k for cat (kat in his home language).
I'm picturing the person on the other end with steam coming out of their ears at that point.
It reminds of me when i mix up french and english ( i'm french, and english is my second language ), and i end up saying english words in french conversations. The worts part is my mom and dad doesn't speak a word of english.
what language
Hold on, Kat? Your Pa is Danish or Afrikaans? Interesting.
@@TheDanishGuyReviews Or Dutch
I did not know this “phonetic alphabet” existed
I thought people were supposed to just make up some word that starts with the letter
I thought it was only used in the military, since that's where I see it the most.
Same
So did I lol
I knew bits of it but didn’t know it was important 😭😭
The video lists the NATO radio codes which were carefully chosen so no two of the words sound alike. There are also codes for digits, such as "tree" for 3, "fife" for 5, and "niner" for 9.
As a pilot, I understand why we have a standardized phonetic alphabet. Also as a pilot I can also confirm I’d absolutely lose my mind laughing if I was told I was “cleared to Knobhead Grown man Rectum Bum”
We’d have so many accidents but at least we’d all die laughing
"Gandalf Iceberg 7 0 taxi via Tea, Cock, hold short Rectum 1"
"c h" as in charlie but no "t h". Guess they ran out of letters, t has it's own sound and k takes up the sound we usually use for c other than the s sound
A worthy death for everyone involved. _nod nods_
I read that final sentence too literally ☠️
@@Yen-uo6hb AHAHHAHAHAH OH THAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD RE-READING IT 💀💀
Fun fact: The little flags on the top of the Krusty Krab are the flag symbols for the Alphabet as well. They’re used on boats for communication
Edit: They're semaphores, not phonetic. I got them confused because all of the guides I read on how to read them used the Phonetic Alphabet instead of just the letters. I apologize, I wanted to tie it into the topic of the video and not just be unrelated spam.
For the phonetic alphabet? Or just for…the alphabet?
Semaphore is cool.
One of them is upside-down, and another isn't real. I was disappointed it didn't spell "MONEY" or something.
That adds to Krabs's naval background, I suppose.
@ every bikini bottom driver has a naval background
Going back to my call center days. Here's the top ones I can remember.
Me: "C as in Charlie" Cust: "Who spells Charlie with a B?" Me: "Pardon Me, I meant to say *C* as in Charlie" Cust: "Oh, OK."
Me: "Z as in Zebra" Cust: "G as in Jeebra?" Me: "..."
Me: "K as in Kilo" Cust: "Are you in Colorado?" Me: "No, ma'am" Cust: "Because you said Kilo"
Me: "X as in X-ray" Cust: "Like X-Men? That's sick dude" Me "Yeah man"
And the reason I looked up the phonetic alphabet in the first place, countless times- Me: "B as in Boy" Cust: "V as in Voy?" But it bit me in the ass anyway- Me: "B as in Bravo" Cust: "V as in Vamos?" C'mon, I've been speaking English on the entire call, why would I be switching languages now?
Voy
Vas
Va
Vamos
Vaís (Only in Spain)
Van
Lol B and V do sound the same in Spanish tho, so you can't be too mad. 🤣
sounds like they were trying to go
Kilo, as in KILO, the radio station in Colorado Springs? I guess they live in CO and that's their favorite radio station? So they wondered if you did too?
@@DaimyoD0 This was back when CO was the first state to legalize recreational weed, so I assume that's what she meant
I learned the phonetic alphabet for no other reason than to name my Unown in Pokemon Soul Silver. As for the exclamation and question marks, I named them Ex and Quest respectively. Still my biggest achievement in my entire Pokemon career, collecting all 28 types. Legends Arceus might be my new crowning moment though, since it literally requires you to complete the Pokedex, something I've never managed to do before.
They actually have names! They have "functions" on the cards in the TCG, and these also (and originally) show up when you collect them for the researcher in the Johto games--there's a list that updates as you catch each form, and you'll see their meanings there.
Skipped the soul and just read Pokémon silver, got so excited that you'd have two shiny unown, then reread it and crushed my own dreams
Another banger from Matt Rose. We should call him the Phonetic Man.
Now that you use the “__________ Man” naming scheme, I remembered to say that Matt Rose should do a guessing game on that with a name shared with either a Superhero or a Robot Master
Phonetic hero
Alpha November Oscar Tango Hotel Echo Romeo, Bravo Alpha November Golf Echo Romeo, Foxtrot Romeo Oscar Mike, Mike Alpha Tango Tango, Romeo Oscar Sierra Echo. Whiskey Echo, Sierra Hotel Oscar Uniform Lima Delta, Charlie Alpha Lima Lima, Hotel India Mike, Tango Hotel Echo, Papa Hotel Oscar November Echo Tango India Charlie, Mike Alpha November.
we cant call him the phonetic alphabet if he doesnt know the IPA
P as in.... PERRY THE PLATYPUS???
I was on hold with Nintendo customer support and in my infinite wisdom I assumed they were using an all-nintendo themed phonetic alphabet
I, a grown man, said to another grown man "M for Mario?"
L for Luigi, G for Goomba, T for 'Troopa, V for Virtual Boy (?)
G for Gee It Sure It Boring Around Here Mah Boi This Peace Is What All True Warriors Strive For
@@SharkyMcSnarkface I'M SO HUNGRY, I COULD EAT AN OCTOROCK!
I need to know how he responded. Please
LGTVs are the best TVs
the last time I tried to use the phonetic alphabet, I said "P for... Perry" then started laughing hysterically for two painful minutes (probably sounding like I was crying) and trying to apologize between breaths. Owen from customer service, if you're out there, I am so sorry
What? It's just the phonetic alphabet...
PERRY THE PLATYPUS?
"p for perry" just a regular old platypus "h for hat" PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!?!?
I JUST RIPPED MY THROAT FROM LAUGHING OR SMTH
Owen still tells this story too. Whether with laughter or concern we won’t know
@@ennuisolar "f for fedora"
A - Aisle
B - Bdellium
C - Czar
D - Double-U
E - Eye
F - Folk
G - Gnat
H - Hour
I - I
J - José
K - Knight
L - Llanfaiepwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
M - Mnemonic
N - Night
O - our
P - Phonetic
Q - Qi
R - Rung
S - Sea
T - Tsar
U - Use
V - Volk
W - Wrung
X - Xylophone
Y - Youse
Z - Złoty
Silyl!
I lost it at L
Ah… an I for an I…
@@Guitarded4 Only made better by E
C - Czar and T - Tsar had to be my favourite two lol
A for Athetits
B for Buttiful
C for Cratulations
D for Disgusgung
E for Eeg
F for Fiffyculty
G for Goverment
H for Hamberder
I for Infromed
J for Jimpinf
K for Karonavirus
L for Lasanga
M for Morans
N for Nabana
O for Optimipt
P for Psyhic
Q for Quaranting
R for Relashonship
S for Strink
T for Tramapoline
U for Uahoo
V for Vrgertable
W for Wacamole
X for Xcuizete (I had to cheat for this one)
Y for Yatch
Z for Zandwich
New phonetic alphabet.
should be pinned
Fucking STRINK broke me
based
this comment either took a really long time or no time at all
Was in the US Army for 18 years where the phonetic alphabet is pretty much life. More fun, I was a court reporter. Had many...interesting phonetic alphabet given (usually when non-military witnesses came up). But there was ONE MILITARY ATTORNEY that had no clue what anything was. Better yet, my encounters with said attorney were when she was defense. Military cases, defense uses letters for exhibits. In general, the defense would use the phonetic of said exhibit to make sure the record was correct. So there's roughly 50 or so MILITARY COURTS-MARTIAL transcripts that would have (best one she ever came up with that caused even the judge to go...excuse me)....Defense Exhibit S......sexual. remember, this is on audio digital recordings AND written transcripts. From my understanding still having friends that cross paths with said attorney is that she's still having issues....to the point that a judge apparently required her to have a printout of the phonetic alphabet with her and she had to consult said printout before saying anything phonetically. I've never been told what she used that caused said order, but it must have been worse than using Sexual as a phonetic in a rape case.
Hahaha "turn your attention to exhibit V as in Violent Crime"
I’d like to issue exhibit G for GUILTY!
*wins trial*
that ending 💀
I’d like to point out exhibit J as in jail
@@eliac Exhibit X as in X-cecute him
after seeing so many of these fails, i am proud to announce the new and improved Phonetic Alphabet 2! You'll NEVER forget it!
A for Ass
B for Balls
C for Chris Brown
D for Darude - Sandstorm
E for Extreme
F for Finding Nemo
G for Germaine Greer
H for Hot Knife
I for I Shat My Pants
J for Jazz Hands
K for KFC
L for Loser
M for Muppet
N for Nee Naw
O for Only Fans
P for Pterodactyl
Q for Qrossiant
R for Rectum
S for Sandshrew
T for Thomas the Tank Engine
U for Urinal
V for Virtual Reality
W for Winnie the Poo
X for Xtreme
Y for Yuck
Z for ZedNeon
how is it???
M is for Mammoth, the wooly ones
E for Extreme and X for Xtreme will not confuse anyone :)
perfect
There should also be an obligatory "Do do do do do" sound after you say "D for Darude - Sandstorm".
@@tonywebert8326 ya gotta appeal to the KIDZ
I was once harshly told off by a police dispatcher, because a colleague said "D for Dolphin" when recounting a vehicle licence plate over the phone. This was heard by the officer as "G for Golf". They pulled over the wrong car. Somewhow, I was held responsible. 🤦
(No, I was not their supervisor)
This does help to show why the phonetic alphabet is so specific, though.
I think that officer needs a hearing test. On what planet does dolphin sound like golf?
@@reneerosie He probably pronoucned it like "DOLPHin", maybe it was muffled, or something like that. It's hard to hear everything correctly over the phone.
@@PouLS Still can't see how that sounds anything like golf 🤷♀
@@reneerosie Dolph sounds almost exactly like Golf
Just 1 sound different
Maybe the audio just glitched in the right way as to hide the second syllable
I work in a call center and, while I know the phonetic alphabet, my favorite thing to do as a sort of “vibe check” to see if the customer is listening is to give them a really out there example such as “T as in tsunami” and “P as in pneumonia.” My absolute favorite being “Now, is that Q as in cucumber?” The amount of people that just say “yeah” without thinking versus the people that think I’m a total fucking idiot/don’t catch it is unreal.
tbh even if i were listening i dont think i would catch that
Oops, sorry meant C as in Quebec
I mean, not sure I’d call it out tbh. Too social awkward even if I was like *wtf are they talking about?*
Does seem idiotic to me considering that communicating is your *job.*
just say C as in Queue?
This is actually the scariest thing. Literally last night, I was thinking it would be the best comedy skit to make up phonetic letters on the fly and have them get progressively more and more mundane. I said none of this out loud and a channel I've never seen in my life show up in my recommended with the exact idea I had. Google can read thoughts now
Why does this not surprise me at this point.... 😶
'course it can
You see, google is literally at your house, spying on you as we speak, so they just used that and illegally stolen data to figure it out!
This stuff happens to me all of the time.
alternatively, youre a prophet
I remember this one lady who gave me the "girly phonetic alphabet". I don't remember specifically, but it was like "S as in Sunshine, R as in Rainbows" kind of thing. Felt kind of strange ngl.
how did they teach you the Spanish R?
i want a list like that where it goes j for joy, k for kindness, l for love, m for MANSLAUGHTER, n for nice,
G for gatekeep, gaslight, and girlboss
@@pumkin610 So based
As a girl,I reject that phonetic alphabet. Hate rainbows and sunshine.
Not a story of forgetting the phonetic alphabet, but still related to it. On a trip as part of St Johns Ambulance when I was 14 with a bunch of other teens, we were at different parts of this town we had never been to before finding clues and having to tell eachother about them over walky talkies using the phonetic alphabet. I correctly spelt out an entire street name, a particularly long one mind you. And the kid on the other side asked me to repeat because they had zoned out at the beginning of the name. Me and the others with me let out very audible groans, earning us a laugh from a bunch of old ladies nearby who knew what we were trying to do. The old ladies gave us chocolate bars and said we were doing great, so not all bad.
Venti
@@torimiyas Victor Echo November Tango India
@@mayzydayz611 real
@@torimiyas Romeo Echo Alpha Lima
baller is balling, sussus amogus
Not exactly a phonetic fail, but at work I needed to read out a customer's name over headset to the inside staff (I was outside). The name was 'Wolf', easy enough. But after stating and restating it with them seemingly mishearing it more each time I just came up with "It's *Wolf* . . . as in, 'The *Wolf* of Wall Street'". That got a few laughs and a lot of groans.
You wouldn’t believe how many people mess up my first AND last name too
@@chelseasheehan9227 lmao my names Mimi and you won’t believe the amount of times people have written my name as “Meme” or “Mymy” XD
in animal crossing new horizons one of the characters speaks using the phonetic alphabet, but they had to sensor whiskey with whisker, so he's all like, "Okay, lifting off November Oscar Whisker."
Whisker, nice
"delta oscar delta oscar is go"
I always get scam calls and I'm that used to them at this point - I always waste their time and spell things with my OWN version of the phonetic alphabet and it's absolutely hilarious
Lol, I can already think of what F, O, and U stand for.
Being half swiss and speakint German REALLY help with this
I once said R for Rindfleischetekitterungsüberwachnungaufgabenübertragungsgesetzt
(No one uses that word- it just kinda exists :)
I like how at this point scam calls are so laughingly bad that people answer them just to piss of the scammers.
@@alexthesb2241 What does it mean?
@@patatajones244 Beef tenderloin monitoring task transfer set
1:45 B
1:56 B2
2:03 B3
3:06 B4
3:36 B5
5:09 B6
0:26 C
2:37 C2
3:52 E
0:51 F
0:58 F2
2:12 G
2:29 G2
3:55 G3
2:24 H
3:47 H2
4:14 H3
4:58 H4
3:22 I
4:04 I2
1:16 J
2:33 J2
4:47 J3
1:02 K
4:11 K2
2:28 M
3:53 M2
4:40 M3
5:07 M4
1:24 N
1:34 N (Aftermath)
3:33 N2
4:33 N3
0:31 O
2:54 O2
2:58 O3
0:47 P
1:47 P2
2:56 P3
4:21 P4
4:24 P5
0:42 Q
0:00 R
2:50 R2
3:14 R3
1:51 S
3:27 S2
4:30 S3
0:38 T
1:36 T2
2:11 T3
3:03 T4
4:28 T5
4:38 U
2:19 X
1:12 Y
1:18 Y2
4:26 Y3
5:04 Y4
What
You sunk my battleship
You're the real gyro!
These are the letters people misremembered, and the numbers after some are chronology the next time that letter was misremembered
stop shouting coordinates at me I only needed three
Fun Fact: There's a character in Animal Crossing New Horizons who uses the Phonetic Alphabet in their dialogue. Although, they changed the W from whiskey to whisker because of the game's age rating.
Echo Papa India Charlie
I never realized he was using the phonetic alphabet. I just assumed he was using code words or something.
Lifting off November Oscar whisker.
You grawkin’ what I’m squawckin’?
@@notnotahuman183 same tbh
@@psyduckruleswait... Gulliver? He uses phonetics???
Growing up in a military family, everyone knew (from their job) or was taught (by one of the military members) the phonetic alphabet, but we all still mess up and frantically use dumb things in place of the "right" words. I usually just say whatever I can see in my vicinity with the correct letter. Moonshine, Corgie, Fly Swatter, Peanut Butter.
And then I learned it because my parents have amateur radio licenses
@@GiasuddinKhan311 Root Beer Moonshine from Sugarlands Distillery, specifically.
I also grew up in a military family but I've _never_ heard of it.
@@TheAbsol7448 Not even Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
Now that I’ve been in the Army I refuse to use anything else, for these reasons
Worked at an airport for a time. Took a call about an incoming flight. Caller read the passengers’ names phonetically at full speed and I wrote it down in real time. Proudest moment of my life.
The best version of the phonetic alphabet is:
A for Arson
B for Barson
C for Commit Arson
D for Don't come near me, I'm going to commit arson
F for Fire
G for.. gasoline
@@Odd_Squirrel I for ignite
@@crafterrium8724 we missed h, h is hellfire
Fuck yeah
i remember hearing my mom trying to spell her name using the phonetic alphabet on the phone with someone.
"M for Misty, I for Inside, S for Soft, T for Telophone, Y for Yellow."
I absolutely love the pointlessness of that.
J for Jessie and James, M for Meowth, G for Giovanni
She used her name for the first letter of her name. If life couldn't get any more confusing, there it is.
@@Kid_Cat64 fr
10/10 certified Robert Loggia moment
A creator i watch once told a story about how they had to say some code over the phone and the only thing their brain could come up with for the letters was "L for lesbian, S for sex".
The woman on the phone was like "sorry what was that?" so they tried to think of something else but only managed "L for lick, S for sugar".
I don't have any fails of this kind but these are hilarious. 💀 skullemoji
Please never stop making these, Matt!
S as in... Skull Emoji
There's a reason NATO chose those words... I once used "B as in Beta" instead of "Bravo" and the rep said "P as in Peter"? (Which in Dutch sounds almost identical) and neither of us realised that the other was saying something different. It took us forever to figure out why my postal code wasn't being recognised
Now I know why they don't use beta!
1:42 Ah yes, all the members of The Beatles: Ringo, Tango, Bingo and Pongo.
Shitting tears rn 💀💀
Why did I laugh too hard at this
@@ablancer3582maybe because of the pause and long pause
I've heard pilots calling U as "Unicorn". It always makes me laugh. Fun fact: Atlanta airport (KATL) had a taxiway "Dixie" instead of "Delta", which is ironic considering Atlanta is the main hub for Delta Airlines. The recently reverted back to "Taxiway Delta", however.
Back down to Taxiway Unicorn we go
Bet ground control loved that decision... Would make more sense to just keep it as Dixie, unless Delta also changed their callsign.
Q is for Qeqertarsuaq
That's not ironic, it's a direct consequence.
@@dreamystone yeah, I always get confused on radio with both deltas
I vaguely knew about the phonetic alphabet for a while, learned it better when I was going through it looking for letters in it that made good character names LOL. Had a fair bit of discussion about hypothetical characters and now I know it pretty well all the way to T... and then no farther because I wasn't looking for any names past Tango.
Cronge
@@peabrain6872 "cronge" you just played yourself bro
@@peabrain6872 "C for em... Cronge"
@@snifferrr ik
@@samsabugs ayy we're both sam
“B for.. bingo… and then P for…. *pongo”*
I’m dying bro my heart literally stopped beating
Didn't know so many people in Britain/America use phonetic alphabet! It makes life so more convenient. In Russia, people usually have to revert to random words, and for English words it's even worse since many people just don't know English. Hence, for example, "S like dollar" in order to distinguish it from "C like Russian C" (since Cyrillic letter С makes the same sound in Russian that Latin S does in English). The hardest thing, though, is distinguishing G and J since English names of these letters have the same consonant, which often leads to confusion.
Actually in Russian most people i know just use names, and there seems to be an actual phonetic alphabet in Russian as well (which is exactly that, names, and like щука for Щ and Иван краткий for Й etc). but yeah Latin alphabet is usually pain.
Lovely input there, bud!
J like umbrella stick
I'm also from Russia and it's my first time hearing about phonetic alphabet. But, to be honest, that makes sense. I just thought people name randon words and not some specific ones, like "C like in Cat" or sth
Literally have never heard of it before but okay.
i actually used to play this video game that had the weirdest names like "papa" "golf" and "hotel". took me a second to realize the creator used the phonetic alphabet for their character names.
Bravo!
@@official-obama I like how you just replied “B” to someone. 😂
@@moadot720 🅱️
@@moadot720 Bee
@@moadot720 🐝
Didn't know that the phonetic alphabet is standardized in every day used in English. In Finland we just use random words that start with the correct letter. Although during my (obligatory) military service I learned this alphabet but in Finland they are called the NATO-alphabet. Though I have forgotten most of them by now.
Problem with 'Murica is that if we said it was the NATO alphabet, our precious president tRump would have outlawed it
Ah speak of the devil, I'm Finnish too and I was just thinking "wait a minute, does Finnish even have a standardised phonetic alphabet? I feel like I've heard people say random words." The only one I know I hear constantly is "D for David".
Same in Germany. I had to google the phonetic alphabet first to know what this even means.
same, in hungary we usually use names but honestly anything will do if there isn't a name with the letter
Yeah. This video is about the NATO Phonetic Alphabet; but because it's so standardized among the world militaries, people think of it as The Phonetic Alphabet.
I remember when I was little, I had this book that was a collection of short stories about language. In one of these stories, a boy overhears his father using the phonetic alphabet over the phone. This impresses him so much that he goes and invents his own. And, it even rhymes! To this day, I could recite parts of the poem, mostly because I thought how stupid "Y wie Ypsilon, Z wie Zaubertelefon" (Y like why, Z like magic telephone basically) was.
Only years later did I realize that making the words rhyme completely defeats the purpose of a phonetic alphabet.
Edit: "which I don't know Bravo Tango Whiskey" Lima Mike Foxtrot Alpha Oscar
…I just found out that a concept called the phonetic alphabet exists? The hell?
Me too , i don't really get what's wrong with some of these posts. Some seem fine while others talk about q for croissant 🥐
Oh nevermind , i figured it out
And it has nothing to do with phonetics???
My friends back when we play among us all the time, didn’t know the phonetic alphabet and would say the letter and then the first word that came to mind, which often led to a lot of weird examples-
My favorite? This convo:
“B for… Balls, 7, 6, E as in eggplant, B as in breasts, and T as in Tiddies.”
They didn’t the the code, so someone else went for a go at making a new phonetic alphabet
“B76BET, B for Bingo, seventy-six, then bet like, ‘aight bet’”
That is the one that worked, although at prefer the first one.
_"aight, bet"_ lmaoo your friends sound fun
@@tantalizingtiddies7387 I love your username-
i used this other crazy method of pasting it in the chat
That sounds way overcomplicated for an among us code, why not simply send a message
B - Balls
E - Eggplant
B - Breasts
T - Titties
Ah yes
I honestly wished the phonetic alphabet was something that was systematically taught at schools. I taught myself the phonetic alphabet, but working as customer support for an air carrier really solidified it for me. However, I did have to modify it when talking to customers who didn’t know it (so most of them) because no one knows what a Zulu is, for example. I remember people always came up with creative phonetics, but the only one I remember was Q for Cupid 🤣
Back in high school, we had a visiting native English speaker from Rhode Island who asked us if we knew how to spell "Mrs." in full.
I, confident in my military knowledge, proclaimed: "Mike, India, Sierra, Tango, Romeo, Echo, Sierra, Sierra."
He just looked at me bewildered and said "What?!"
I learned my lesson to leave the NATO phonetic alphabet to NATO.
"I'm a customer service provider" sounds much more socially acceptable than "I get paid to be verbally abused by strangers over the telephone", doesn't it?
4:32 S for something that begins with S. Well, "something" begins with S
i was gonna say that 💀💀💀
Oh boy I have a story about this. So my aunt Eileen came up with a very trolling way to phonetically spell our last name. I forget the majority of it, which really sucks, but it was stuff like "C as in czar", and like "I as in Igor". Things that do start with those letters but unless you had a good grip on the English language you'd be completely lost on how to spell our name. It's iconic.
"sorry, T as in tsar?"
Your aunt sounds awesome
@@calibricalypso she is bro
B as in bubble.
D as in double.
Great idea! C as in czar, H as in our, I as Igor, A as in aesthetic, P as in phrase, P as in psych, E as in either, T as in tsunami, T as in tsar, I as in Ian.
People out here clowning on "I for iPhone," as if "X for x-ray" isn't a correct term
In Italy we use cities' names, like T for Turin and V for Venice.
It's easy to remember and if you don't remember a city you can always use another city's name instead, zero embarrassment.
In Poland we use firstnames, and you can use different names as well. But for me it's easier to remember the international spelling alphabet than the Polish one.
In animal crossing: new horizons, one of the characters occasionally speaks using the phonetic alphabet. He says "whisker" instead of "whiskey" and it drives me crazy
they cant say that in a kids game tho
That's actually pretty clever
the one dodo right? forgot his name
@@119oakklq his name was wilbur (also, nice username)
November Oscar Whisker! Ready for takeoff!
I have no idea what phonetic alphabet is but "tango, bingo, pongo" made my week
NATO/ICAO alphabet is NOT a phonetic alphabet, it’s an acrophonic alphabet. International Phonetic Alphabet is an example of an actual phonetic alphabet.
The wikipedia page for “NATO phonetic alphabet” has a paragraph noting that phonetic spelling alphabets ought not be confused with phonetic transcription alphabets. Seems to me to be a homophone situation.
Note also that the full NATO phonetic alphabet system includes the phonics for each letter, eg “fow-er” for four, “vik-tah” for victor, “nin-er” for nine. Thus it would be considered a ‘genuine’ phonetic alphabet too.
"B for... Breath of the Wild" is what my friend said while watching me play Breath of the Wild.
I think we can all agree that Matt may have unintentionally helped with a lot of job interviews using the first 20 seconds of this video.
Literally screenshotted the video bc I keep forgetting the official phonetic alphabet as I've never officially been taught it- can remember a few letters but this will be incredibly helpful!
Watching this makes me realize that using the phonetic alphabet in daily life must be much more common in the UK than in the States. In my experience, using the standard phonetic alphabet versus making up your own words (i.e. "B as in boy", "D as in dog") is understood and accepted just as much, with no one ever making a fuss that it's improper not to use the real ones. Also, in the US we don't say "F for Foxtrot" but "F as in Foxtrot."
I guess it doesn’t exactly have to do with the phonetic alphabet, but one time in my literacy class, we were going over test answers, using a system of “A, as in ____”. We couldn’t think of another word for C, since there were a lot of questions with C as the answer, and I fondly remember one kid shouting out, “C as in cigar!!”
My teacher looked at him and burst out in laughter, followed by the rest of the class…
We were in sixth grade.
I gasped to loud when I saw that you posted a new video.
In my country we often use city names instead of the phonetic alphabet (military still uses it, but telemarketers or in standard phone calls city names are easier and everyone can use them).
It's definitely a lot less stress inducing
L for Las Vegas lol
The phonetic alphabet as pokemon
Arceus
Binacle
Cherim
Ducklet
Eevee
Fennekin
Gabite
Hatenna
Incineroar
Jigglypuff
Kakuna
Lampent
Magikarp
Natu
Onix
Pancham
Qwilfish
Raichu
Sylveon
Tailow
Umbreon
Vanilite
Wailord
Xerneas
Yanma
Zangoose
Thank you for taking the time to read this art work that took me fifteen minutes since I dug these up from the bowels of my brain.
When I dealt with the public on the phones, I got a call from a gentleman from Nigeria. The line was terrible and I was like 😖 trying to hear and understand.
His accent was so thick and I lost it when his super creative phonetic alphabet came to...
"Ehhhhhhh... KEH... for.....KNOWLEDGE!" Yeah I had to transfer him to my boss I'm not mature enough for that sh*t
I was in orchestra class, and the teacher said, "Ok, let's start at section P." And the dude that played the bass said "P as in Pterodactyl!" And the teacher literally said, "there's no P in Pterodactyl." 🤦♀️
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@@dankultimate3929 THAT WAS MY REACTION ALSO
my mom has said “d for donald trump” multiple times. she knows the actual phonetic alphabet, she just says whatever she thinks of in the moment
I remember I was trying to recite the phonetic alphabet to some coworkers during our conversation about it. I ended up mixing the actual phonetics with the Greek alphabet, so the beginning was like:
Alpha
Bravo
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
And I had to stop when my coworkers just started shaking heads. Seriously, if you spelled English words phonetically using the Greek alphabet I’d actually get it. 😅
Honestly I, who did air cadets for a solid year with the phonetic alphabet and physics for 2 years in college did not see anything wrong with that
Seeing “skull emoji” written out in the phonetic alphabet is certainly an experience that I never thought I’d have
I love the fact that u don't give us a moment to laugh at one of those posts and just continue narrating til the end, making me nearly out of breath while laughing without a pause for an entire 5 minutes
0:53 F is for Fandango and S is for Scaramouche
And B is for Bismillah
T for Thunderbolt, L for Lighting, V for very very frightening
M for mama
J for just killed a man
I'd say G is for Galileo but then F would be for Figaro. M is for Magnifico.
4:38 STOP MY DAD UNIRONICALLY SAYS “UTOOB” 😭
UTOOB 😭😭😭
there’s also different kinds of phonetic alphabets, used by different organizations. i think the one you showed was the nato military one, but there is also one that police use, and it may have different variations. for the one i grew up with (my dad was a 911 dispatcher), in alphabetical order it’s adam boy charles david edward frank george henry ida john king lincoln mary nora ocean paul queen robert sam tom union victor william x-ray young zebra. that’s the “standard” law enforcement one though i do believe, but i know some can have variations based on location. i think there’s also a pilot one as well.
The aviation phonetic alphabet is the one in the description: it's the same as the military/NATO phonetic alphabet, while the police use the civilian phonetic alphabet.
For a long time I always wondered what my parents were talking about when they had to use the phonetic alphabet when on the phone. I wondered who this sierra was but later figured out that it was to distinguish the letter S over the phone. However, it was today I learnt its a completely list and not a random word a person comes up with on the spot.
Are there schools that teach the phonetic alphabet? I've never learned it
@@jells_2749 no, and they should.
Same, I’ve heard my mother use it and I’ve done it myself on the phone, but always with random things lol.
@@Ascension721 nah
Mom spells our last name (father's) "S as in Sam, T R A U, B as in boy, E as in Edward, L as in Larry" and, Without Fail, I always think of Edward Cullen and Larry the Cucumber.
That is the funniest combination of characters I can think of
My OTP
@@agentnintendonate1thee2tan89 i feel like that's less funny than edward cullen and some fucking unripe pickle
@@agentnintendonate1thee2tan89 Cucumbers and pickles are essentially the same plant.
3:13 the amount of emotion you put into this conversation really brought it to life
*Wait, hold on, I never knew there was an official phonetic alphabet?? I’ve just been using the first word I can think of?? Have I been making a fool of myself this entire time???*
Yankee Echo Yankee
There are many phonetic alphabets, the most common however is the NATO one (the one used in this video). So no.
Who hasn’t been using A for Apple, B for Box, C for Car/Cat (bla bla bla)
I actually had no idea there was a phonetic alphabet. I usually just pick a basic word that most people would know, like b as in ball or s as in stair. So far, I haven't had any blunders.
I was playing beta saber and suddenly a notification just pops up saying “Matt rose r is for rectum”
I once said “F for…I can’t say that word” and the customer almost died of laughter.
My favourite quote from anything off the telly ever is: “tango, tango, and a bottle of lilt”. That derisive copper from The Thin Blue Line was ordering a take away in the middle of the control room when the others were genuinely using the phonetic alphabet over the phone. It’s been over 20 years since I saw that episode and I still chuckle at the memory
2:32 It couldn’t be put more simply.
3:03 Hey, I thinks that’s double points
This video taught me what the phonetic alphabet was, I have never heard of this concept before
I love how for half of these, they give a phrase where the first word would be a perfectly acceptable answer but they still have to finish the whole thing
I GENUINELY DIDNT KNOW THERE WERE SET WORDS
Here are all the words that come to my ming right away
A for Apple
B for.. uh.. BONGOS
C for Cat
D for Dog
E for.. EDGAS (?)
F for Frog
G for Giraffe
H for Hello
I for... Immature
J for Jeremy
K for Karma
L for Linguistics
M for Mom
N for Norse
O for Optical Illusion (?)
P for Piss
Q for QR code
R for Restaurant
S for Sally
T for Television
U for Undertale (?)
V for.. um... V e c n a
W for Window Washer
X for Xylophone
Y for Yarn
Z for Zentangle
Idk why but it was Yarn that got me
ah yes my favorite part of the phonetic alphabet
V e c n a
There's set words for the military and the like, not really for anyone else, so unless you're ATC or another radio operator of some sort I think most people will give you a pass for Bongos instead of Bravo. probably not Zentangle though
@@WARRIORS4LIFE I DONT KNOW LOL IVE BEEN WATCHING TOO MUCH STRANGER THINGS
I read "zentangle" as zectangle, like you just invented a new shape.
I was twenty-four when I first learned about the phonetic alphabet, so don't feel bad. It wasn't until I watched two bomb squad members playing "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" that it finally clicked what all the words meant.
At work I once talked to a man on the phone who had a really strong accent. He tried to spell an email address but he didn't know how the letters were pronounced. It went on for minutes with him trying to pronounce the letters individually and me constantly asking him to repeat. My coworker next to me absolutely lost it and couldn't stop laughing loudly, which really didn't help.
2:40 Out of all of the ones that I could've guessed correctly, it was this one 💀.
This is so relatable. I said 'Natrium' for 'N' and I kid you not- P*rn for 'P'
💀
Hell nah not the orange disownment site 💀💀💀
I once tried to explain the whole military code name thing and forgot about Mike. Instead, I said “M is… Mangina”
💀💀
3:54 I wonder who that Andrew could be trying to get a pizza....
I've never learned the phonetic alphabet, but when I had to at work I said "G for Gandalf"...in my defense they understood it perfect well
3:38 I LOVE how you read this one
Sometimes I use the literal Phonetic One, as in "q for cucumber", just to drive people mad
Z as in Xylophone, T as in Pterodactyl, N as in Pneumonia
PRECISELY, TONY.
As a proud Royal Air Force air cadet this video made me have a brain aneurysm
My brother once said:
“S for… *long pause* …satanic”
I had a lot of fun making up phonetic stuff in the year I worked at a call center. They sent us home the day ACNH and Doom Eternal came out. Then closed their physical location months later and I lied that I didn't have a private locked room to do work from home in so I could just take the unemployment amd go. Best mental health decision I ever made.
I so needed this today, been the most bland day ever and this was the perfect thing to make it exciting
again as always day 8 of a few suggestions:
Old people misnaming bands/artists
R/fellowkids
Mistranslations (basically r/engrish)
Or best of Dall E mini. Look it up, it’s hilarious.
Thanks for reading! Sorry if this gets annoying just lmk. Just giving ideas in case you think one of these could be possible. Thanks again Matt, and love the content
omg i never knew how badly i need to see matt going through dall e creations
@@mikudayoooooo He's gone through that on his Twitter already
@@IABITVpresents oh thx i hadnt seen that ^^
@@IABITVpresents Where
3:38 i love how u said bravo tango whiskey for btw lol
I didn't know this was a thing, I thought you just had to pick a word they'd recognize.