Interesting Celery Fact No. 47

The word celery features in a new phonetic alphabet, recently created by Canadian social services, who wanted to get away from the stigmas implied by the old Nato phonetic alphabet. It would be greatly appreciated if all readers could switch to the use of this alphabet as soon as practicable

A – Albatross

B – Basingstoke

C – Celery

D – Dangle

E – Elderberry

F – Funnel

G – Globule

H – Hatstand

I – Ibsen

J – Jerusalem

K – Kermit

L – Linguini

M – Mellotron

N – Nougat

O – Oratorio

P – Persistence

Q – Quaalude

R – Redundant

S – Sausage

T – Teflon

U – Uttoxeter

V – Viticulture

W – Walrus

X – Xanadu

Y – Yesterday

Z - Zaphod