Renfroism

Dr Alan RENFRO published a paper advocating a new form of writing and speaking advocating first and foremost an end to the 12-hour clock. The 24-hour clock was developed in the late 18ØØ’s for the railroad industry. Additionally, he advocated using (day) (Month) (year) format (as double digits for the first two) to keep clear dates; Example, this page was created Ø2 June 2Ø19, thus Ø2/Ø6/2Ø19 or Ø2 June 2Ø19.

His experience with Spanish-speakers led him to advocate for inverted question marks (¿) and exclamation points (¡) for the explanation in advance of a sentence, taking it one step further than the purely Spanish intention and advocating the use of these symbols in the middle of a sentence to show a change in tone. For example “You told me to move the box from there to here, ¿so what did you expect?” If you read it as intended, the first half of the sentence would be a statement of fact, “brooking no argument” (Dr. RENFRO’S words), whereas the second half is the question (and, in all likelihood, an accusation). Either way, you change the tone of the statement.

On names, Dr RENFRO argued the FAMILY NAMES must always be in capital letters; For example (and this was the example he gave), a lady by the name of Erica Jones has a clear First and Last name. But a gentleman named Michael Dillon, one is hard pressed to tell which is first and which is last; Writing it Michael DILLON, on the other hand, makes it unmistakable.

He argued an END to the numeral 0, meaning ᵶero, as we know it currently; Instead, he argued the use of the Ohm (Ø) in it’s place to ensure that the reader absolutely understood, without failure, that the writer intended the number ᵶero. While he did acknowledged that Ø IS a letter in the Swedish alphabet, he also argued that if one is reading a document written in English, one should read it in English.

When speaking of hypothetical people, or people whose names have been removed, name them in alphabetical order by appearance; For example, “Adam, Betty, Charles, and David went to the park together.”
Phonetic Alphabet:
Dr RENFRO advocated the use of the phonetic alphabet, a coding system where words are spelt out as words consisting of the first letter in the word (A apple, B boy, etc).
For example, “This is a word” would be spelt “Tango Hotel India Sierra India Sierra Whiskey Oscar Romeo Delta.” It is NOT said “T as in Tango H as in Hotel I as in India S as in Sierra I as in India S as in Sierra W as in Whiskey O as in Oscar R as in Romeo D as in Delta.” Just say out the words…
There 3 are at least three major phonetic alphabets: Grade school (that which you saw in kindergarten through approximately 8th grade), Law Enforcement/Fire Fighting, and Militry. You should memorize all three lists (comming “soon”).