A New Phonetic Alphabet

For those who don't like
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, …

A

pref: are

letter: are(R), aye(I)

homophone: awed(odd), aisle(I'll,isle)

silent initial letter: aesthete

B

pref: bdellium

silent initial letter: bdellium

description: the insect that makes honey

C

pref: cue

letter: cue(Q)

homophone: cede(seed), cellar(seller), cymbal(symbol), chute(shoot), chic(sheik), cite(sight, site), cue(queue), czar(tsar), coal(kohl) or coy(koi)

double letters: chai, chorus, chute?

D

pref: djin

homophone: djin(gin)

E

pref: ewe

letter: ewe(U), eye(I), eh(A)

homophone: ewe(you, yew), eves(Yves)

[misc.]: exquisite, elbow, elegiac, excess, eider (or earl?)

F

pref: faze

homophone: faze(phase)

G

pref: gneiss

silent initial letter: gnaw or gnu

homophone: gaol(jail), gneiss(nice), gibe(jibe) or gnu(new or knew)

H

pref: heir

silent first letter: honour, heir or hoard

homophone: heir(air?), hoard(whored), hole(whole)

I

pref: isle

homophone: isle(aisle)

J

pref: jai alai

homophone: jeans(genes) or jibe(gibe)

[misc.]: jai alai

K

pref: knight

silent initial letter: knight, knife, know or knot(not)

homophone: knight(night), kernel(colonel), knead(need), know(no), kohl(coal) or koi(coy)

L

pref: 50

[misc.]: ???llinas???

[misc.]: ???llama???

analogue: Fifty in Roman numerals [source]

M

pref: mnemonic

silent initial letter: mnemonic

N

pref: no

homophone: no(know)

O

pref: ours

homophone: one(won), odd(awed) or ours?(hours)

[misc.]: oenophile? Oedipus? onion?

P

pref: pneumonia

homophone: phase(faze)

silent initial letter: pneumonia [source] (or pneumatic, psalm, psychic)

double letter phoneme: phone or pharoah

Q

pref: quay

letter: queue(Q)

homophone: quay(key) or qat(cat)

R

pref: rye

homophone: right(write), rap(wrap), reck(wreck)?, rye(wry)?

S

pref: see

letter: sea(C) or see(C)

homophone: seed(cede), sheik(chic) or seller(cellar)

T

pref: tsunami

silent initial letter: tsunami or tsar

double letter phoneme: tsar

homophone: tsar(czar)

U

pref: urn

homophone: urn(earn), urine(you're in)

[misc.]: uke?

V

pref: 5

analogue: Five in Roman numerals [source]

W

pref: why

letter: why(Y)

analogue: chemical symbol for Tungsten

homophone: whole (or won(one), wry(rye), whored(hoard), wrap(rap), wrung(rung))

silent initial letter: wreck, wreak, wry, whored, wrung

X

pref: xenophobia

homophone: xenophobia

Y

pref: Ypsilanti

letter: you(U)

homophone: Yves(eves), ewe(you)

[misc.]: Ypsilanti, Yvette, Yttrium, or Ytterbium

Z

pref: zee

[misc.]: zee?, Zoque, zwieback?, zwitterion?, zhuyin zimu? (or zhuyin)

0

nun

1

past of to win

2

half a ballet dress

3

as in three for a dollar?

4

what people yell on a golf course

5

as in the number of pins in five-pin bowling???

6

Latinate sex???

7

as in lucky number …

8

eaten

9

not in German

Pronunciation of digits from phonetic alphabet entry in Wikipedia (last modified 04:48, 28 Mar 2005)

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