Like the NATO Phonetic alphabet. Make everything two syllables, because it makes the correction of corrupted recordings less ambiguous.
November.
Golf.
Okay, thank you opposing council, ya got me. I should have said "make everything unambiguous, usually by using two or more syllables, and in a couple of instances where it was okay, one syllable."
In Russian, half the unnecessary syllables are just swallowed. Together with half the necessary ones. (Source: somebody who learned the language many years but never understood a native speaker speak)
Could have a similar function to grace notes in music.