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The Anti-Phonetic Alphabet is a spelling alphabet in the United States that is used in an effort to produce a maximally confusing phonetic alphabet, using anacrophony (see acrophony) wherever possible.
This alphabet was inspired by Inspector Clouseau in the first Pink Panther movie, where he was spelling something with a ‘J’, and he said "J, as in ‘jalapeno’".[1]
Various names exist for this alphabet:
- Aisle Bdellium Ctenoid (As compared to Abel, Baker, Charlie)[2]
- An Adults' A B C[3]
- The Devil's Alphabet[4]
- The Mispronounced Phonetic Alphabet[5]
- Nearly Anacrophonic Phonetic Alphabet (NAPA)[6]
The Anti-Phonetic Alphabet is as follows:
| Letter | Code Word(s) | Proper Names | Homophones |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Aisle | Aesop | Are, Aye |
| B | Bdellium | ||
| C | Chaos, Czar | Cathy | Cue, Cutie |
| D | Djinn | Django | Double-U |
| E | Eulogy, Eunuch | Eugene | Eye, Ewe, Elle |
| F | Fnord | Faro | |
| G | Gnat, Gnaw, Gnome | Gnu | |
| H | Honor, Hor d'ouevres | Hour, Heir | |
| I | Irrupt | Igor | |
| J | Juanta, Jalapeño | Juan, Juanita, Julio | |
| K | Knife, Knob | Knight, Knot, Know | |
| L | Llewellyn | ||
| M | Mnemonic | Mancy | |
| N | Nguyen | ||
| O | Opossum | Oedipus | |
| P | Phone, Phonetic, Pneumatic, Pneumonia, Psalm, Psi, Psychology Ptarmigan, Phew |
Phillip | |
| Q | Quay | ||
| R | Rubricate | ||
| S | See, Sea, Serial | ||
| T | Tsar, Tsunami | ||
| U | Urn | ||
| V | |||
| W | Why, Whore, Wrangle, Wren, Wrench |
Wagner | Won, Write, Wry |
| X | Xi, Xylophone | ||
| Y | Yvette | You | |
| Z | Zhou |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ http://michaelkimsal.com/blog/k-as-in-knife/ Michael Kimsal’s weblog:K as in knife
- ^ http://www.macchiato.com/main/diversions/aisle-bdellium-ctenoid Aisle Bdellium Ctenoid
- ^ http://www.doves.demon.co.uk/abc.html An Adults' A B C
- ^ http://ben.teitelbaum.us/devils-alphabet.html The Devil's Alphabet
- ^ http://www.phoneticalphabets.net/Mispronounced_Phonetic_Alphabet.html The Mispronounced Phonetic Alphabet
- ^ http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~however/NAPA/ The Nearly Anacrophonic Phonetic Alphabet Website