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Indian Navy ‘rhymes’ its combat jet squadrons
Indo-Asian News Service ^
| February 19th, 2010
Posted on 02/19/2010 7:31:46 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: paulycy
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posted on
02/19/2010 8:04:43 AM PST
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null and void
(We are now in day 393 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Bush_Democrat
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02/19/2010 8:05:14 AM PST
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null and void
(We are now in day 393 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Probably rhymes in Hindi.
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02/19/2010 8:09:24 AM PST
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: null and void
I've often wondered why they didn't select letter names that start with the letter sound. Partly it's due to the fact that the phonetic alphabet is a NATO standard, not just a US standard. So, you have people for whom English is not their first language, and so the words had to be easily pronounceable for everyone. That's why Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy (the old US standard) got changed to Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo. That's also why we pronounce the phonetic "p" as pa-PA (emphasis on the 2nd syllable) instead of "PA-pa" (emphasis on the 1st syllable).
The other problem is that not every letter has the same sound in each language. F'rinstance, in your example of using "ceiling" for C, in some languages, the letter "C" doesn't exist - they use S or K. So, using "Ceiling," pronounced "Seeling" would be confusing for them.
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02/19/2010 8:19:09 AM PST
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Terabitten
(Vets wrote a blank check, payable to the Constitution, for an amount up to and including their life.)
To: Terabitten
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02/19/2010 8:20:28 AM PST
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null and void
(We are now in day 393 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
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02/19/2010 8:34:05 AM PST
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sportutegrl
(VETO PROOF MAJORITY IN 2010)
To: HiTech RedNeck
To: sukhoi-30mki
Clearly,its just not the Migs that the navy has added but also a new meaning for the word ‘rhyme’.
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02/19/2010 8:59:17 AM PST
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voice of india
(Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear ?)
To: null and void
[ Lavender Leopards? ]
or... Flying Loafers... i.e. gay pilots..
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posted on
02/19/2010 9:40:26 AM PST
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hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: Terabitten
You're right, German does not have a soft C sound. For example, cigarette is pronounced zigaret.
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02/19/2010 9:46:13 AM PST
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ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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