Re: Y not? (was: Of Haa/hhet & other matters)

kcasada wrote:

> Oh, those are great. And all this time I've just been using "be grande"
> (b)
> and "be chica" (v)! :)
> I also learned "be" and "uve" originally.
Back in pre-computer days, at an airline office in Spain, I once stood in
line a very long time while while the agent on the phone laboriously spelled
out the name of the English woman in front of me-- he used names of Span.
cities to illustrate the letters: "be de Barcelona, ve de Valencia, ge de
Gerona" etc. etc. It took forever, but I learned a bit of geography at
least.

When giving my middle initial F. over the phone, I have to specify it "as in
Frank/Fred" to avoid confusion with S.

The military of course have a whole alphabet-- alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta,
echo...zebra (used to be able, baker, Charlie etc. I don't know why they
changed it)-- useful, but not many civilians know it anymore.

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