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@Dooks-Fatberg
Ha! I struggle with it all the time. I work on the railway and we have to use it for all operational calls (as misheard instructions can result in people wandering onto open lines or trying to attach kit to live third rails etc) so I'm used to hearing it without any sense of cringe.
I've found that it can be useful when talking on bad phone lines to call centers for banking or whatever. Especially when you have to give postcodes or passwords that contain easily misheard letter such as S and F. For that reason I have my postcode memorized in proper phonetics but when I try to use it for anything else my mind often goes blank and I end up using the "my first alphabet" version instead. Having a three year old doesn't help. U for unicorn. etc. Heh. Fuck it, makes me laugh anyway.