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Brother the explicit purpose of the phonetic alphabet is to make all of the letters audibly distinguishable by ensuring none of them rhyme
Boh-tah-toe
Yet I've had someone tell me “P for Pear” which did not answer my question “B or P?”
I wish more people knew the Geneva standard phonetic alphabet or whatever the fuck it's called
I can understand your confusion, but the first one he pronounced "po-tah-to".
Good point Cotato and Kotato would certainly be a problem.