i have to take down people’s first and last names over the phone, sometimes it obvious, sometimes they have to spell it. nothing pleases me more than some old codger with a military background who feels the need to spell his name out in code. G as in gangrenous, O as in orifice, pause, A as in alimony, W as in wangdoodle, A as in apathetic, Y as in; you’re terrible.