Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for June 08, 2021

Bravo (congratulating Charlie Brown and how one says that letter according to the NATO phonetic alphabet).

You know, that letter between a and c. That first letter in the word bee.

B-have now.

OK, “B” can sound like “D” or even “E” but not “C”.

Sometimes, even spelling in some form of phonetic spelling doesn’t work. I’d gotten into the habit of starting the spelling of my last name with “F as in Frank”; yet, more often than not, the person I’m spelling to STILL hears “S”!

Am I the only one who remembers using an old dial phone, when the dial “tone” was a buzz?

As in “L.S. Bumblebee”!

not a c as in see

And then there’s the presence or absence of a silent letter.

A new father has told a friend the name of his new daughter. The friend asks, “Is that Anne with an e ?” Dad answers: “No, with an A.”

Whoever chose the pronunciation of the letters in the modern alphabet didn’t do such a good job! Too many rhyme, and sound too much alike when you say them!

As in rutabega without the ruta?

I see. She gave you a C

Your teacher didn’t “give” you anything Charlie Brown. She told you that on the test you had earned a “B,” as in Boy. Good work Charlie Brown!

IT’S A SPELLING BEE, CHARLIE BROWN

She didn’t you a “B”, you earned a “B”.