Words/

These are links to the files and subdirectories available from this webserver in Jamie Blustein's Words directory.

The most interesting files are likely to be:

The anti-phonetic alphabet files

a mischievously misleading, ambiguous, phonetic alphabet using English homophones, heteronyms and given names

• alphablocks5 (webpage) — single word for each letter, designed for HTML5 browsers
  • alphablocks (webpage) — single word for each letter that does not use some of the newer features of HTML5
• alphabet (webpage) — a lengthy list of alternative words
  • alphabet.pdf (portable document format file) — an older version of the lengthy list of alternative word in a format suitable for printing on US letter-sized paper
• alphabets, other (webpage) — compilation of other webpages about ridiculous (anti-phonetic and pessimal) spelling alphabets

Notes to help solve cryptic crosswords

• cryptic crossword crib sheet (portable document format file) — an informal flowchart and notes I made for myself when I began solving cryptic crosswords, especially those by Fraser Simpson (designed for printing on US letter-sized paper)

 Name                             Last modified      Size  Description
 Parent Directory                                      -   
 Cryptic Crossword Clues/         2025-02-16 16:24    -   
 CSS/                             2025-05-19 19:31    -   
 favicon/                         2020-10-20 17:23    -   
 image/                           2024-07-28 11:46    -   
 Interesting Words/               2024-08-14 12:32    -   
 Notes/                           2025-03-09 12:06    -   
 OlderFiles/                      2025-03-09 12:06    -   
 alphabet,2015-04-20.pdf          2024-07-12 12:14  182K  
 alphabet,2025-03-04.pdf          2025-03-04 16:24  302K  
 alphabet,2025-03-09.pdf          2025-03-10 19:28  798K  
 alphabet-brief,2024-07-26.pdf    2024-07-28 11:44  428K  
 alphabet.html                    2025-05-19 19:28   86K  humourous phonetic alphabet (lengthy list)
 alphabet.pdf                     2025-03-10 19:28  798K  older humourous phonetic alphabet (for printing)
 alphabets, other.html            2023-12-19 16:38   27K  links to other humourous phonetic alphabets
 alphablocks.html                 2018-08-27 22:35  7.5K  
 alphablocks.ico                  2020-10-20 15:52   15K  
 alphablocks5.html                2025-03-10 19:38  8.1K  shorter humourous phonetic alphabet
 blocks5QR.png                    2019-06-09 08:44  4.1K  
 cryptic crossword crib sheet.pdf 2025-02-16 16:19  148K  personal notes as informal flowchart
 Gilles.wav                       2018-12-20 06:22   89K