On the I Cs without a paddle (this is meaningless and irrelevant)

Coming back to the phonetic alphabet, here are a few versions, which can be used to help or not, according to circumstances. They are all, I think, far better than the accepted versions.

And Happy Birthday Dilly!

Gordie came up with this one:

A for Horses
B for Chicken
C for Yourself / C for Miles
D for Kate / D for estation
E for Brick at ‘im
F for Vescent
G for Indians / G for Inspector
H for Consent /Concern / Drinking
I for Big ‘Un / The Engine
J for Cakes
K for Sutherland
L for Betty Spaghetti / Leather
M for Sis / for Mation
N for Lopes
O for Goodness’ Sake / the Wings of a Dove
P for Drugs Test
Q for the Toilet
R for Minute/ R for Ransome
S for Rantzen
T for Two / Gums / On Edge
U for Coffee /U for Me
V for Espana
W for Money
X for Breakfast
Y for Girlfriend

and, how to finish this off?

Zee for Cider
Zed for Zodiac Mark I
Zed for the Greek god of the wind

Ephelba suggested a Misleading Alphabet. A few gaps here, can you help? – and scope for improvement with others.

A – Aestivate
B –
C – Czar
D – Djinn
E – Effing
F – Floccinaucinihilipilification
G – Gnome
H – Honour
I –
J –
K – Knight or Kew
L – Llanelli or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
M – Mnemonic
N – Neurosis
O – Other
P – Pneumatic
Q – Qatar
R – Rigoletto
S – Scythe
T – Tzatziki
U –
V – Verisimilitude
W – Wriggling or writhe
X – Xylem or Xavier
Y – Ypres (pronounced correctly or as ‘Wipers’, each works)
Z – Bed

Caitlin suggested the Drinking Woman’s Alphabet (men are welcome to join us). I gave up on a few and looked up cocktails; if you have better ideas please let me know.

A – Amaretto
B – Baileys
C – Cointreau
D – Drambuie
E – Eiswein
F – Frascati
G – Gin
H – Hock
I – Imbibe
J – Jack Daniels
K – Kirsch
L – Limoncello
M – Margarita
N – Newcastle Brown ale
O – Ouzo
P – Port
Q – Quagmyre (nah, don’t fancy it)
R – Rum
S – Schnapps
T – Tequila
U – Urbinos (this sounds quite interesting; white wine, cognac and raspberry liqueur)
V – Vodka
W – Whisky
X – Xaviera (no, I’ve never tried it, I shirk cocktails that have whipped cream in)
Y – Yucka (now, this sounds delicious. Vodka, lemon, lime and sugar)
Z – Zinfandel

And I suggest one to confuse and mildly embarrass the charming young gentleman at the other end of the telephone:

A – Adore
B – Bottom
C – Charming
D – Delightful
E – Entrancing
F – Fondle
G – Gorgeous
H – Handle
I – Invite
J – Jerk
K – Kiss
L – Love
M – Messing
N – Naughty
O – Organ
P – Pants
Q – Quiescent
R – Respectable
S – Snot
T – Teasing
U – Urge
V – Vivacity
W – Writhe (too like Ephelba’s idea, but such a nice word)
X -Xenophilia
Y -Yum
Z – Zestfulness

Another list, this time from Dandelion. I could not get away with using this, I’d sound quite off-colour. You have to be young enough (but not too young) or really quite old and I’m still in those in-between years.

A – Arousal
B – Breasts
C – Clitoris
D – Dildo
E – Erection
F – Foreplay
G – G-spot, Groping
H – Hanky Panky
I – Intercourse
J – Juicy
K – Kissing
L – Labia
M – Making Love
N – Nipples
O – Orgasm
P – Penetration
Q – Quim
R – Roleplaying
S – Sexy
T – Tampons, Titillate, Thrusting
U – Uterus
V – Vagina
W – Womanhood
X – X-static
Y – Yoiks, YesYesYes!
Z – Zip

17 comments on “On the I Cs without a paddle (this is meaningless and irrelevant)

  1. Id Entity

    In the first alphabet, shouldn’t it be R for Ransome? Especially if you’re going to have S for Esther. And shouldn’t it be Zee for Zoider?

    In the second, if you’re going to have the F you’ve got, then you should really have L for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. And I think X should be X for Xavier, to be truly misleading

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  2. Steg

    “Writhe” is a fabulous word. As, incidentally is “vivacity”.

    Words are wonderful things. There should be a place in one of these versions for “entrancing” which is just a beautiful word for a beautiful concept.

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  3. Dandelion

    If you wanted to embarrass the gentleman, how about something like this:
    A – Arousal
    B – Breasts
    C – Clitoris
    D – Dildo
    E – Erection
    F – Foreplay
    G – G-spot
    H – Hanky Panky
    I – Intercourse
    J –
    K – Kissing
    L – Labia
    M – Making Love
    N – Nipples
    O – Orgasm
    P – Penetration
    Q – Quim
    R – Roleplaying
    S – Sexy
    T – Tampons
    U – Uterus
    V – Vagina
    W – Womanhood
    X –
    Y –
    Z –

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  4. Z

    Indeed, Dave. I’m sure someone will suggest additions. I’m not sure about G-spot, surely you need an actual word? If you can have G-spot, then I suppose you could have X-rated though.

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  5. Gordie

    If you’re not sure about G-Spot (something I can’t quite put my finger on), you could try groping. Or Gordie.

    I’m not sure that “tampon” is a sexy word, although it’s certainly sex-related. Let me make coffee and think..

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  6. Gordie

    I’m not sure we should use the Royal Family as our measure of what’s sexy. After all, anything could be sexy if you’re weird enough: a toilet, a toothbrush, a tourniquet, a tarpaulin.

    I recommend teasing, tickling and tongueing tanlines and topless t*tties.

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  7. Honey

    oh i needed to laugh!! the commentary is just as hilarious as the post, thanks for all everyone! I wish i would DARE use dandelions version when spelling my name on the phone.

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