on the phone: 'what do we put, ma'am?'
me: 'happy birthday, <fats>... V, A, T, S... <fats> pronunciation but spelling's vats... from Vater, german of father...'
and then we had to go through the spelling a couple more times...
me: '<fats>... V as in victory, alpha, tango, sierra... just like <folks vagen> (volkswagen)... spelling's V but pronunciation's F...'
<confusion>
me: 'hmmm... ok, let's have it this way... 'happy birthday, vats' ... V as in victory, alpha, tango, sierra'
understood! : D
whew!
lesson learned, when you're on the phone, pronounce it like you spell it... set aside your german language classes lest some other message appear on the cake... ; p
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