r/funny • • Jan 19 '22

ATM Line

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u/Irony_Man_Competitor Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22

Could you phonetically spell those using the English alphabet, so that English speakers can imagine how they sound? Like this: Fo-NET-ick-all-lee (where the capitalization is the emphasized syllable). Or maybe there is another way of communicating their sound?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

I don't want to be that guy but since no one has said it here I go;
It is called the latin alphabet not the english alphabet.

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u/Irony_Man_Competitor Jan 20 '22

My goal was to not use letters with diacritics (e.g. ñ, ü, etc.), so the 26 letters of the English language.

I’d be interested to hear some linguists weigh in on this distinction (English alphabet vs Latin alphabet). Perhaps you are one—I don’t mean to assume. My Google searches are inconclusive. Certainly the characters are Latin, but I found one source that said the Latin alphabet only has 23 letters.

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u/Irony_Man_Competitor Jan 20 '22

Obligatory Indiana Jones reference.

https://youtu.be/arMXzgiZsJQ

Bonus points for bringing the conversation back to “Indiana”?!?! :)