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Phonetic Collection

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Real School at Voronezh, Russia

Real School at Voronezh, Russia
A view of the Real School at Voronezh, the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Voronezh River

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Cryptic Postcard - Three Abbots empty their bowels

Cryptic Postcard - Three Abbots empty their bowels
Musings from the papal throne...! A postcard with a caption calculation (equation) which needs to be read phonetically (in French)

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Radio Operator - Metropolitan Police

Radio Operator - Metropolitan Police. A list of a name form of the phonetic alphabet is propped up on his desk Date: circa 1940s

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Warne alphabet 1875. ABC

Warne alphabet 1875. ABC
Page from a Victorian alphabet showing A for apple, B for broom and C for cart

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. MNO

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. MNO
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with M for magpie, N for nest and O for oyster

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. DEF

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. DEF
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with D for donkey, E for eye and F for fox

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. JKL

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. JKL
Page from a19th century alphabet book with J for jar, K for kitchen and L for lion. Date: 1875

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. STUV

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. STUV
Page from a 19th century alphabet book withs for saucepan, T for tree, U for uncle and V for violets

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. GHI

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. GHI
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with G for girls, H for hand and I for Inn

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. PQR

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. PQR
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with P for police man, Q for quail and R for rabbit

Background imagePhonetic Collection: Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with W and X, inexplicably, for bees, honey and hives (?), Y for yacht (thats better, back on familiar territory) and Z for the good old zebra


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