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[hector13]

Jamiroquai.

[Flying Dice]

...India Pale Ale?

No, International Phonetic Alphabet.

*throws up hands*
Like, 30-some problems' worth of translating out of it, 40-some problems where I translate into it (aka I am screwed) and then I HAVE TO TRANSCRIBE SENTENCES.  AAAAAAAAARGH
*brain melts*

The Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Er...

"The Bill" has failed me.

Anyway, that shit?

No, this shit. Fuckin' linguistics. Nice of wiki-folks to link to a proper PDF of it though.

[Flying Dice]

Also, what you guys are talking about is the NATO phonetic alphabet. J is Juliet.

[Lord Shonus]

The NATO alphabet is Alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, hotel, india, Juliet, kilo, lima, Mike, november, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, sierra, tango, Uniform, Victor, whisky, X-ray, Yankee, zulu.

[hector13]

I know O is Oscar.

...India Pale Ale?

No, International Phonetic Alphabet.

*throws up hands*
Like, 30-some problems' worth of translating out of it, 40-some problems where I translate into it (aka I am screwed) and then I HAVE TO TRANSCRIBE SENTENCES.  AAAAAAAAARGH
*brain melts*

The Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Er...

"The Bill" has failed me.

Anyway, that shit?

No, this shit. Fuckin' linguistics. Nice of wiki-folks to link to a proper PDF of it though.

Oscar.

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo that.

[Frumple]

... it would be amazingly cruel to raise a kid thinking that was the name of the actual letters, wouldn't it.

[Greiger]

One of the first things I learned at my phone job was those phonetics.   Enjoy trying to read people their passwords over a sketchy cell phone connection without it.

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebek Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Wiskey X-Ray Yankee Zulu

I might have mispelled one or two but that's what I read off.  EDIT: And I just noticed the duck beat me to it.

[Amperzand]

Spoiler: Something highly unusual happens to my Caves of Qud game occasionally (click to show/hide)

[Frumple]

Thaaat does not look like what I remember of the non-commercial version at all.

... not only does something appear to be vigorously buggered with your screen, I think it somehow manages to make game harder to figure out what's going on than the basic nightmare ASCII did. Which is a hell of a job. I acclimated eventually but my initial plays of CoQ literally gave me headaches due to how noisy the playing field was :V

[Amperzand]

I assure you, it happens only occasionally, only to CoQ, and with the apparent cause of tabbing out of my game for too long.

[Edmus]

Clicked on the "manage advertisements" on Facebook. It's very unsettling how well they peg you from just basic information.

[IcyTea31]

@NATO phonetic alphabet: aren't we forgetting it also includes alternate pronunciations for numbers? Zero, Wan, Too, Tree, Four, Faif, Six, Seven, Eight, Niner. These don't get enough love.

[Erkki]

@NATO phonetic alphabet: aren't we forgetting it also includes alternate pronunciations for numbers? Zero, Wan, Too, Tree, Four, Faif, Six, Seven, Eight, Niner. These don't get enough love.

The numeral four is pronounced "fow er" or "four er" or something like that.

Right now I'm barely bingo on energy and my ideas are winchester.

[martinuzz]

Brasilian Olympic rider Alvaro de Miranda came home to his residence in Belgium from the Rio olympics to find that his horse, which got him 9th individual place and 5th national team's place in Rio, was guarded by a security agent, and he and his daughter are not allowed to go near it.

Apparently his wife, Athina Onassis, granddaughter of the famous Greek shipwright millionaire, decided to divorce him, and has claimed the horse as her property.

A Belgian divorce court judge will rule about the division of property of the couple's company AD horses, and will determine if the rider is allowed to see his horse again.

It is very unsure if he will be able to ride his horse at the FEI nations cup in Barcelona.


Apparently some ex-spouses fight over the children, while others fight over the horse.

[TempAcc]

It makes sense on a purely economic outlook. A world class horse that participated in an olympic game is sure to be worth lots of monies.
Its pretty terrible on an emotional level though, I mean, that is one shitty person :U