There is a children's book with that title that my kids liked when they were small. Thanks for the memory prompt!

From the book:

A is for Aisle

B is for Bdellium

C is for Czar

D is for Djibouti

E is for Ewe

F is not for Photo, phlegm, phooey, or phone

G is for Gnocchi

H is for Heir

I is not for Eye

J is for Jai Alai

K is for Knight

L is not for Elle

M is Mnemonic

N is not for Knot

O is for Ouija

P is for Pterodactyl

Q is for Quinoa

R is not for Are

S is for Seas

T is for Tsunami

U is not for You

V is for Five

W is Wren

X is for Xylophone

Y is not for Why

Z is for Zhivago

Or for psychology

Calm down, Mancy.

I started off nonplussed but by the time I got to the end I was mildly amused.

After having to learn these for work years ago, my life got a lot easier. Bad phone call? Phonetics, precise radio comms.? Phonetics. Just works, should be taught in every school.

Its cute that romeo and juliet live forever in the phonetic alphabet like this

If Q as in Queue bothers you, you better check what C stands for.

Same for D. And Y. And W.

They really phoned it in when naming it.

information age

How many of these characters predate it by several decades?

Don't forget the Double-U for the letter D. It's an absolute mess.

Most of them do, yeah. You may hear a bit of a “tongue click” or something with others first before the “s”. A lot of first-language English speakers seem to really struggle when they see two consonants together that they haven’t previously encountered.

Because Tsunami Three already happened and Tsunami Five hasn't happened yet

Counterpoint: isle starts with the expected I sound so it’s 50/50 odds of getting I correct with aisle/isle. E being Eye and I being Ian (Ee-an) is actually more disruptive.

What's ligma?