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I don't know how YOU pronounce "delta" but the way I say it does not rhyme with "helter-skelter". Perhaps if you are in the northeastern United States, you may speak an unnecessary "R" at the end of some words, which can make them rhyme with words they wouldn't normally rhyme with.
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Semaphore is a visual method of communication usually with flags. I think your question has to do with the common phonetic alphabet used for voice communications. It's not so much that the words don't rhyme with anything, but that they don't rhyme with another word used in the particular phonetic alphabet. That's why it's important if possible to use an established, pre-planned phonetic alphabet, to achieve the greatest accuracy. Making it up on the spot invites errors. In my particular regional accent, "delta" doesn't rhyme with "helter-skelter", but that's another subject.
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