‘What’s the funniest misuse of the phonetic alphabet you’ve heard?’ – 21 people who are terrible at spelling things out
12.
‘Sister gave my car registration number as L for Llama… so close sis… so close.’
–Xivii
13.
‘T for Tom Hardy was one my friend used at the end of a very intense day at work and her brain just went to mush. B for Babycakes also came out shortly after.’
–Flosstopher
14.
”P for piglet’ by an old colleague, spoken in a thick Australian accent. We all found it absolutely hilarious for some reason!’
–levezvosskinnyfists7
15.
‘E for Ian gave me a giggle when I worked in a call centre.
‘I also forgot the word for U and my brain kept telling me don’t say unicorn, so obviously I said unicorn in panic.’
–Independent_Wrap5434
16.
‘H for Hitler.’
–ScottyDug
17.
”B for, uh, bee’. We were a pest control company.’
–CouchKakapo
18.
‘I was once giving out a long email address over the phone and saying it like ‘A for alpha, B for bravo’ instead of just ‘Alpha, Bravo’. At some point my brain switched off, my mouth was on autopilot and I accidentally said ‘Y for wanky’.’
–SpikeVonLipwig
19.
‘I was reading someone their email address which had their middle initial. I said ‘F for foxtrot’ and she said ‘No, the F is for Frances.’
–afbart92
20.
‘Foxtrot VAGINA hotel.’
–Norman_debris
21.
”G for, uh… G-string. pause Oh my god, I’m so sorry, it was the first thing that came to mind.’
‘They were so embarrassed, I was so glad it was just on the phone and not face to face so I could silently crack up while still sounding professional.’
–blinky84
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