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Dan Fogelberg's ([info]llama_treats) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-11-25 10:03:00
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Entry tags:community: techsupport, defensiveness ahoy, dictionaries are for losers, get your ampersands here, grammar and spelling, language

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
A rocket scientist over in [info]techsupport seems to think that Americans invented the English language and that people in the UK and Australia don't speak English.

Good times.


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[info]misachan
2008-11-25 05:13 pm UTC (link)
Man, I love using the Alpha-Bravo-Charlie system to spell things out. It makes me feel like I'm talking to Sgt. Rock.

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[info]sevendeadlyfun
2008-11-25 05:18 pm UTC (link)
Actually, my husband's in the military and we use it to talk in front of the kids now that they've learned to spell. It is indeed awesome.

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[info]kefanii
2008-11-25 05:19 pm UTC (link)
Oscar Mike Golf Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

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[info]hangingfire
2008-11-25 05:34 pm UTC (link)
I learned it from my military father when I was a kid, and I've found it especially helpful when talking to customer support on the phone and that sort of thing.

Then there was the time I was talking with some customer support person who spelled out my tracking number by saying, "S as in Savior, C as in Church..."

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