Introducing the NAPA

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After weeks of preparation, the Nearly Anacrophonic Phonetic Alphabet is ready to be presented to the public. If you haven't already, visit the NAPA home page and the NAPA design page to find out what this is all about. And please leave comments with suggestions for betters words.

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The letter A

The code word for the letter A is aural.

A more common homophone: oral.

The letter B

The code word for the letter B is bdellatomy.

Bdellium would be another choice, but the OED lists it as non-naturalized.

The letter C

The code word for the letter C is ctenoid.

Other choices: channukah, czar, or the remarkable cnicnode. This last was coined by a mathematician, and seems less natural than ctenoid.

Unfortunately, the OED indicates that chthonic should be pronounced with an initial k sound.

The letter D

The code word for the letter D is djinn.

A homophone of gin.

The letter E

The code word for the letter E is ewe.

A homophone of you. Other options for E include the various eu- words.