Mnemonic Images for the English Alphabet

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Does anyone else use images for letters? It’s not very manageable for memorizing a lot of letters, but the images are there if I need them. I took my images from the ICAO phonetic alphabet:

LetterWordImage
AAlphaox
BbravoPavarotti
CCharlieCharlie Brown
DDeltashark fin
EechoCanyon wren
Ffoxtrotballroom dancers
Ggolfgolf club
HHotelspecific hotel in Greece
IIndiaTaj Mahal
JJulietJuliet
Kkilokilo weight
LLimalima beans
MMikemicrophone
NNovembercranberries
OOscarOscar the grouch
PPapapapadum
QQuébecCanadian flag
RRomeoRomeo
SSierrasaw blade
TtangoBandoneón
Uuniformblack and white striped engineers cap
VVictorVictor Borge
Wwhiskeybottle of whiskey
Xx-rayx-ray
YYankeefeather in cap
ZZuluZulu

The origin of "A"

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Dan
Dan

Most of the memory books dealing with this suggest the same subject to cover the alphabet. Christiane Stenger (A Sheep Falls out of the Tree) advocates cities (Atlanta, Birmingham, Cleveland, ...) or animals (Antelope, Baboon, Cougar,...). Jerry Lucas (Learning How to Learn) advocates several subjects, including sports team (Astros, Braves, Cowboys,...).