Over the phone (especially a cell phone), letters, when spelled out, often sound alike. To overcome that, most people are familiar with the phonetic alphabet.
I know right away when I have a military man on the phone. That's B like Bravo. A like Alpha, etc. Most other people will use first names. N like Norman and M like Mary.
Some people... I have no idea what they are doing. Something like the G like Deena man. Took a long time to get the spellings for all his information.
My favorite was from an immigrant woman from Africa. If I were to take a guess, I think she came from Nigeria originally. Bright, sunny personality, and every letter was matched with a dessert. C like cake; I like ice cream. I tried to steer her to healthier choices by offering A like apple. Her name was very long and took a lot of spelling. I think by the end of the call, she had to be pushing three hundred pounds.
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