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What is the most useless thing you still have memorized? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] CouncilOfFriends 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

After learning the phonetic alphabet I thought it would help when I'm spelling out my last name to people to say 'let me spell it out phonetically'. Most of the time I get a blank stare and then they have me repeat each letter, many of which sound similar.