What can you contribute to make society a better place?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! But your words would make this site a better place.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What can you contribute to make society a better place?
We’ve all heard of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta …). However, few people know the proper word to employ once you get past those first four. Instead, folks often find themselves lumbering to come up with any acceptable word in the pressure of the moment: V as in Ventriloquist, I as in Idiosyncrasy, T as in Taco Tuesday, O as in Oshkosh Pagash. I posit folks might have an easier time remembering words that are a little … shall we say, in the gutter. After all, when was the last time you were in a hospitable mood while spelling? For those of you sympathetic to my plight, I present the following:
Negative Ascription, Thoroughly Obscene (NATO) Phonetic Alphabet
- A—Aunt Jemima
- B—Beaner
- C—Cracker
- D—Dothead
- E—Erotica
- F—Fornication
- G—Gringo
- H—Hitler
- I—Infidel
- J—Jap
- K—Kike
- L—Luddite
- M—Monkey
- N—Nazi
- O—Oriental
- P—Prostitute
- Q—Quaker
- R—Redskin
- S—Swastika
- T—Taliban
- U—Uranus
- V—Vasectomy
- W—Wop
- X—Xenophobia
- Y—Yankee
- Z—Zombie
These are mostly words nobody wants to use. But if NATO says we have to …