![]() ![]() ![]() This includes words dealing with religion such as "church" or "jewish" and some words with negative meanings like "problem" or "fiasco". I have extended this to words that by themselves are not offensive but are too likely to create combinations that someone may find embarrassing or offensive. The rule was to avoid words that I would not like to be printed on my business card. One of the two is chosen and the other should be accepted by the decoder's soundalike matching code or using explicit aliases for some words. Soundalikes such as "sweet" and "suite" are ruled out. No two words on the list should sound too much alike.I do not consider this to be a problem since my goal in limiting the word length was not to reduce the average length of encoded data but to limit the maximum length to fit in fixed-size fields or a terminal line width. As a result of this requirement the average word length has increased. For one syllable words I have tried to use words with 3 or more consonants or words with diphthongs, making for a longer and more distinct pronounciation. This makes them easier to recognize when spoken, especially over a phone line. The words should have more than one syllable.In some cases a word has a different meaning in another language or is pronounced very differently but for the purpose of the encoding it is still ok - I assume that when the encoding is used for spoken communication both sides speak the same language. You will find many English words in the list but I have tried to limit them to words that are part of a beginner's vocabulary or words that have close relatives in other european languages. One can argue that even words like "hotel" or "radio" are not truly international. The international vocabulary is simply not big enough. It is heavily biased towards western culture and English in particular. The list is far from perfect in that respect. The words should be usable by people all over the world.Five letter prefixes of words are sufficient to be unique. ![]() No word in the list is a prefix of another word (e.g.All words are between 4 and 7 letters long. ![]()
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