• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    kilowatt, sugar, Germany, America, London

    They’re great substitutes. I always found Quebec to be the most distinguishable because of geographic reference.

    Golf to Germany makes sense as Golf it’s single syllable with yet another hard type O in it. Unlike Mike which could be missed, but the I and K crack/pop are strong sounds.

    Kilowatt is interesting since the ‘watt’ is a backup sound if kilo is distorted. Honestly, Kardashian would be a good one as much as it pains me to say it.

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      3 months ago

      Kilowatt trips me up still, I’ll copy KW maybe once in ~100 exchanges and not notice. It’s more common during high-volume exchanges. Getting better though!

      I shudder at even typing Kardashian lol