"'P,' as in, 'Pink" -- does this piss anybody else off?

It drives me more bat**** insane than Bruce Wayne on crack when somebody has to spell out words as simple as "dog" by going "'D,' as, 'Danger,' 'O,' as in, 'Ostrich,' 'G' as in, 'Goddamn, even I'm annoyed by this'." Why do people do this? Do they think that people don't know the sound of certain letters? That they can't spell an e-mail address correctly?

"Dur, could you give me an example of that letter being used in a word, please??"

Do you do this? It's one of the most annoying things people do.

No one ever does that when spelling out a word for me. As for why people do it, I don't quite know.

Sometimes it's necessary to make sure similar sounding letters aren't accidentally used. I don't find it annoying at all.

The only time I've ever heard people do that is on Wheel of Fortune.

It makes sense for letters like B, E, or D where they all sound alikespazzx625

Robert Loggia, I find this completely hilarious

Sometimes it's necessary to make sure similar sounding letters aren't accidentally used. I don't find it annoying at all.

metroidfood

It only helps clarify, I have no problem with it. Especially when talking to India outsourced tech help.

Annoyed the heck out of me in Biology class last year when checking tests. "B as in boy," shut up! It was funny back in another class though where the teacher would use obscure and long words. Maybe hearing "B as in boy, a as in apple, c as in cat, d as in dog," over and over was the main thing.

The military (also police & fire) use the phonetic alphabet to streamline and facilitate quick communications.

However, they don't speak it as you have posted it.:P:lol:

If, for example, someone asked me to spell "dog", being former military my answer would always be "Delta Oscar Golf".

Concise and to the point.:)

Never annoyed me. I live in San Antonio with a bunch of Mexicans, so B and V can sound very similar.

:| They can be hard to hear. Why do you think pilots and controllers used the NATO phonetic alphabet (A is Alpha, B is Bravo, C is Charlie, etc) when saying letters while talking over the radio?

If it's critical for some purpose that a series of letters is understood properly, I don't see the problem. Many letters sound very similar to each other and can be difficult to distinguish in isolation, especially if the people interacting have different accents.

Haha my dad does this all the time.

If it's critical for some purpose that a series of letters is understood properly, I don't see the problem. Many letters sound very similar to each other and can be difficult to distinguish in isolation, especially if the people interacting have different accents.

GabuEx

It drives me more bat**** insane than Bruce Wayne on crack when somebody has to spell out words as simple as "dog" by going "'D,' as, 'Danger,' 'O,' as in, 'Ostrich,' 'G' as in, 'Goddamn, even I'm annoyed by this'." Why do people do this? Do they think that people don't know the sound of certain letters? That they can't spell an e-mail address correctly?

"Dur, could you give me an example of that letter being used in a word, please??"

Do you do this? It's one of the most annoying things people do.

Theokhoth

If you're on the phone exchanging important numbers with others, it can be beneficial...because there is often a certain amount of distortion on a phone signal. You have to do this sometimes with banks and insurance companies.

It is necessary where I work. I talked to people from different financial institutions regarding confidential client info. We need to verify the infomration are absolutely correct or people don't get their money. Worst still if we send the sensitive information to incorrect email address...