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The Pain Of Giving Out Your Email
Address Over The Phone Have you ever experienced trying to give your web address or
email address over the phone? If so, you understand the pitfalls of
the English Alphabet when it comes to transmitting alphabet
information over a telephone line. The problem is that many of the
letters sound too much alike and are hard to distinguish from each
other. For example, "B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, Z" all end with the "ee"
sound and "F and S" are also very confusing. Now that's where the
Army Alphabet comes in. The Army figured out a long time ago that if
you're going to transmit information about bombing targets that you
better be darn sure that you get that information right. They had to
devise a system to minimize errors. They came up with a Phonetic
Alphabet that would assign an easily distinguishable word to each
letter in the alphabet. This made it possible to relay information
over radios and telephones in a more efficient and accurate manner.
Now why can't we apply this wonderful alphabet technology to the
modern civilian world where millions of people are having the
daunting task of relaying web and email address information over
the phone lines. They could be managing their back account,
discussing their phone bill, or ordering the latest fancy electronic gadget from an
online web store, but in any case they still need to transfer
alphabetic information. That information could be the billing or
shipping address, model number or product code, or it could be the
most difficult of them all, the email address. The bottom line is that
the Army Alphabet could
benefit society on the whole by making the transfer of information
easier, faster, and more accurate just like it did for the military.
In fact, I think it would be a good idea if everyone started
printing little "Army Alphabet" charts and sticking them to their
computer monitors, so they could have it there for quick and easy
reference. I use it every time I go out for
Fast Food and have to talk to that
horrible
drive-thru speaker system.
