Phonetics /part number replacement

[Handley_Page]

This idea started with a conversation I had with Noor when I asked a technical question about some of her machines.

Suppose the "Model Number" of a piece of equipment is not a wierd number, such as 'XA-1234' or '012-123456' but a 'name' (Ikea do something ike it).
She suggested naming things using the names of Animals instead.

It can be even more fun taking the name of an extinct animal, even a Dynosaur.

An amusing alternative might be to replace the Nato Standard Phonetic Alphabet (Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, etc.,)

So what would the Inhabitants of the AH suggest ?

 

[sr71plt]

Aspirin?

 

[SamScribble]

Bollocks?

 

[Etaski]

*scratches head* Are you talking about in general, or something specific?

Apple's already been doing that, for example, with their OS X names:

10.3 = Panther
10.4 = Tiger
10.5 = Leopard
10.6 = Snow Leopard
10.7 = Lion

Think that covers the last decade. Sooner or later they'll run out of cats, but it'll take a few centuries. I'd like to see "Ocelot."

 

[estragon]

*scratches head* Are you talking about in general, or something specific?

Apple's already been doing that, for example, with their OS X names:

10.3 = Panther
10.4 = Tiger
10.5 = Leopard
10.6 = Snow Leopard
10.7 = Lion

Think that covers the last decade. Sooner or later they'll run out of cats, but it'll take a few centuries. I'd like to see "Ocelot."

How about the iPad69 with the Pussy operating system?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

*scratches head* Are you talking about in general, or something specific?

Apple's already been doing that, for example, with their OS X names:

10.3 = Panther
10.4 = Tiger
10.5 = Leopard
10.6 = Snow Leopard
10.7 = Lion

Think that covers the last decade. Sooner or later they'll run out of cats, but it'll take a few centuries. I'd like to see "Ocelot."

When do you think they'll get to the Maine Coon Cat?

 

[R. Richard]

An amusing alternative might be to replace the Nato Standard Phonetic Alphabet (Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, etc.,)

Aesthetic
Bdellium
Cthone
Djinn

 

[Noor]

I wanted to replace Nato Standard Phonetic Alphabet (Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, etc.,) with endangered and extincted animals.

Astrodon, Brontosaurus, Coelacanth, Dodo...

so if I was explaining to someone with a different accent about a BD 3000 machine on the phone I would say "Its a Brontosaurus Dodo 3000"

It seems although HP and I were both present in the conversation, we were not on the same page ;-)

 

[litfan10]

I think it would be great to use fetishes for the Nato Standard Phonetic Alphabet...

George Carlin probably would have had fun with it!

 

[TE999]

I think it would be great to use fetishes for the Nato Standard Phonetic Alphabet...

George Carlin probably would have had fun with it!

Hmmmm ...

Anus
Bestiality
Cunnilingus
Dominatrix
Frottage
Garroting ... kinda like that?

 

[elfin_odalisque]

When do you think they'll get to the Maine Coon Cat?

My Maine Coon Cat, Tigger, says she doesn't want to just be a number!