What you need to do is to invent your own phonetic alphabet based on comic book heroes. You’ll be fluent in minutes.

Oh Steve, you really should be more careful what you suggest to me.

So here it is, my own special phonetic alphabet created with a set of self imposed rules. The primary one being that I didn’t allow myself to look anything up, every superhero name had to come from memory.

And there lies the problem, my memory is completely shot. Some letters were dead easy (I can think of about 20 heroes for B alone), but some are frustratingly elusive. The letter I in particular is very annoying. All I can come up with is Indigo Girls, but that’s not right (despite their incredible harmonizing and dungaree wearing powers). I must admit I’m somewhat hampered by my heavy DC bias, and so have a more limited knowledge bank to chose from

So I’m calling out for help from the readers of the blog. OK, so I’m not. I’m calling out for help from Rol, Greg, Lee, and Avitable. The rest of you useless buggers probably don’t even know your Red Hood from your Joker, but I’m more than willing to be proven wrong. Help me complete my list so I can submit it to NATO for consideration to replace their ridiculous and outdated version.

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

• A – Aquaman
• B – Batman
• C – Catwoman
• D – Daredevil
• E – Elongated Man
• F – Flash
• G – Gnort
• H – Hulk
• I –
• J – Johnny Thunder
• K – Kilowog
• L – Lobo
• M – Mister Miracle
• N –
• O – Orion
• P – Punisher
• Q – Question
• R – Robin
• S – Spiderman
• T – Tick
• U –
• V – Valor
• W – Wolverine
• X – Xavier
• Y –
• Z –

Any suggestions?

Drawing by the rather excellent Lee from Quit Your Day Job

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