phonetic :)

quick break from work coz i need to post this :D
boss was here discussing a design issue ... he was explaining something on the whiteboard ...he stopped and turned to us asking how many alphabets do we have in our language. we said 56 .. he goes " aha .. that explains it .. we have only 26 and they sound different every time :) . why cant i spell phonetic as fonetik? some times it sucks big time to remember all the spellings :D "
dad r u listening???? :D
guess which word hes trying to spell now --- "receipt" :D