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Can you break out the miltary alphabet?

loco-gringo

Crusading Clamp Monkey
Sep 27, 2006
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I was never in, but I thought I knew them. It turns out that I just make stuff up. In searching, I see that they have been consistent since 1957.

X-ray is the only one that hasn't ever changed, if I paid attention correctly.
 

Big_Papa1080

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then again im in so its no biggie
 

Mike B.

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Oct 5, 2001
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Yep, use it all the time. It is the phonetic alphabet not the military alphabet and it should be used more because people are morons. Just the other day I had someone on the phone trying to clarify the spelling of their name and they said "M as in M&M." Oh I'm sorry, did you mean Eminem?
 

N8 v2.0

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Yep, use it all the time. It is the phonetic alphabet not the military alphabet and it should be used more because people are morons. Just the other day I had someone on the phone trying to clarify the spelling of their name and they said "M as in M&M." Oh I'm sorry, did you mean Eminem?
.....that's "P" as in pneumonia
 

manimal

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Feb 27, 2002
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i was accustomed to military phonetics when i was in then had to learn the civil service version when i became a cop. talk about confusing, especially when you're calling out a tag while trying to keep up with the car in front of you.

Adam
Boy
Charles
David
Edward
Frank
George
Henry
Ida
John
King
Lincoln
Mary
Nora
Ocean
Paul
Queen
Robert
Sam
Tom
Union
Victor
William
X-ray
Zebra



so you can see how confusing it is trying to relearn the phonetic alphabet. i think that military phonetics are easier to remember and understand.
 

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
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i was accustomed to military phonetics when i was in then had to learn the civil service version when i became a cop. talk about confusing, especially when you're calling out a tag while trying to keep up with the car in front of you.

Adam
Boy
Charles
David
Edward
Frank
George
Henry
Ida
John
King
Lincoln
Mary
Nora
Ocean
Paul
Queen
Robert
Sam
Tom
Union
Victor
William
X-ray
Zebra



so you can see how confusing it is trying to relearn the phonetic alphabet. i think that military phonetics are easier to remember and understand.

no kidding..!!! That would be a bish I would think.
 

Westy

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Personally I use the following phonetics when on the phone with credit card companies/telemarketers.

Abscess
Balls
Clitoral
Dyke
Ejaculate
Fellandery
Gynecology
Hashish
Invidious
Jerk
Kammanadu
Lascivious
Mangle
Nubbins
Obfuscate
Penile
Querulous
Rash
Stump
Taint
Uvula
Vulva
Waterhead
Xenoparasite
Yorick Hunt
Zazu
 

DRB

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Personally I use the following phonetics when on the phone with credit card companies/telemarketers.

Abscess
Balls
Clitoral
Dyke
Ejaculate
Fellandery
Gynecology
Hashish
Invidious
Jerk
Kammanadu
Lascivious
Mangle
Nubbins
Obfuscate
Penile
Querulous
Rash
Stump
Taint
Uvula
Vulva
Waterhead
Xenoparasite
Yorick Hunt
Zazu
Westy with the win.
 

Jeronimo

Monkey
Jul 11, 2006
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It's not "military", it called the International Phoenetic Code. The military just happens to use it, causing that common misnomer. Good public safety agencies have adopted it and the FAA has been using it since its inception.
 

jimmydean

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Sep 10, 2001
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i was accustomed to military phonetics when i was in then had to learn the civil service version when i became a cop. talk about confusing...

so you can see how confusing it is trying to relearn the phonetic alphabet. i think that military phonetics are easier to remember and understand.
I had the same issue when I was a tow truck driver. I didn't have to chase people, but I was using the military phonetics and they would give me a hard time. I gave up and would just make up crazy crap on the fly, at least I got a laugh.
 

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
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The next time you go to any English Speaking country, bring a scanner that picks up Air Traffic Control frequencies and tell me they aren't using the International Phoenetic Code. It is the international standard, contrary to what you may believe.
by "international" i was making the obvious statement that non-english speaking countries don't use it. i've had to listen in on enough intercepted radio transmissions while overseas to know that the "international phonetic code" aka, military phonetics, is the way to go. i hate that the po-po makes up their own crap, makes no sense if you ask me. now...get back to your mall job, your ninja skills are needed right away :rolleyes:
 

DaveW

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Jul 2, 2001
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by "international" i was making the obvious statement that non-english speaking countries don't use it. i've had to listen in on enough intercepted radio transmissions while overseas to know that the "international phonetic code" aka, military phonetics, is the way to go. i hate that the po-po makes up their own crap, makes no sense if you ask me. now...get back to your mall job, your ninja skills are needed right away :rolleyes:
Wrong Mr PC Plod..... :bonk:

But the International version your refering to is Actually the NATO phonetic alphabet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet
the NATO alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically so that critical combinations of letters (and numbers) can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential. It is used by many national and international organizations, including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is a subset of the much older International Code of Signals (INTERCO),
 

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