[et-al]

If you're worried about clarity over the phone, you should look into the NATO phonetic alphabet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

[cperciva]

I prefer to use Aeon, Bdellium, Czar, Djinn, Eye, etc.

[slavik81]

The bomb defusal scene in Archer was an absolute classic for this. https://youtu.be/_4jxLxZrMfs

[oldsecondhand]

> Djinn

Fun fact: dzs counts as a single letter in Hungarian (e.g. in alphabetical ordering).

[davidjytang]

Quite a challenge for non-English crowd.