ABOUT SPELL IT
When you give your name or address, the person on the phone will often ask “can you spell it out please?”.
Few people would answer “Yankee, Echo, Sierra” or “Yellow, Edward, Samuel”.
Others would say “ehhh… yes” and then quickly get stuck.
SPELL IT is a tool that will help you with spelling out names, words or a short text.
When using SPELL IT as your helper, you have a choice of different word lists.
Commonly used lists
International
The International list uses mainly names of towns. It starts with Amsterdam, Baltimore, Casablanca, and it ends with Zürich.
NATO
The often used Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (also known as the NATO phonetic alphabet) starts with Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, and ends with Zulu. You often hear it in violent movies.
English
The English list sounds more friendly as it uses several first names, but it is rather male-biased. It starts with Alfred, Benjamin, Charles, and it ends with Zebra.
Alternative lists
Girls
If you are not happy with the male-biased English list, try this list with only girl names. It starts with Alice, Bridget, Charlotte, and it ends with Zelda.
Biology
The Biology list uses mainly insects and fruits. It starts with Aphid, Butterfly, Cricket, and it ends with Zucchini.
Fancy
The Fancy list is for showing off. It starts with Atonement, Bourgeois, Confluence, and it ends with Zealous.
Stupid
The Stupid list is rather stupid. Don’t use it to spell your name during a job interview. It starts with Addle-headed, Blockhead, Chump, and it ends with Zero.
HOW TO USE
In the Settings menu select your preferred code list. Your browser will try to remember your preference.
Type the name or words you want to spell and your spelling list is ready.
Note that SPELL IT only spells the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet.
Use the Settings menu to switch to another code list.
NEXT VERSION
Feel free to send me suggestions for code words or other lists of words. I will consider using them in next versions.
Spell It v2.0 2024-03-17
2024 Hein Bijlmakers
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