Here's a flip on your question. It's something I said. But on purpose:
I used to be a lead for a telecommunications company (oh, the love of being on the bottom of the mid-management totem pole). And, on certain days, depending on one's schedule, leads are assigned to be "Head Lead" from time to time. (Basically, a supervisor to the other leads on the floor.) On this specific day, I was such head lead. One operator of ours had a customer who was putting up a fight. Another lead was nearby, so she took the call. When things had to escalate to a higher authority, I took over, and got so frustrated with him--which is a no-no to get angry with the customers,no MATTER how ignorant they may be. When he asked for my name, I said "Paul."
"Bob?"
"No, Paul. P-A-U-L. Paul."
"Bob? Can you spell it again?" To which I did.
"Oh, Paul, P-O-L, right?" And again, I spelled it slower, louder, all to wit's end. By this time, other operators around me were laughing and being distracted by this certain call, not paying attention to their own screen. (But it did make me laugh, bringing me back down to calmity.)
Finally, after about the 3rd time, he asked me to spell it phonetically. To which I agreed:
"Paul. P as in Paul-," and I just started cracking up at that moment. Amazingly enough, the guy finally got it when I was done.
This is one of those "Had to be there" moments. Not that funny now that I reminisce. Ah well.