ted123 4 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) I was surprised to learn how many people do not know the phonetic alphabet on my training course Before you move on to your Radio Comms module during training, I strongly recommend you do your best to learn this as it will benefit you for the rest of your life. Are you surprised to see that S is not Sugar and D is not Dog? It's probably also worth noting the numerics, especially the number 9. I cannot help but read these in an American accent Don't worry about the pronunciation too much except for 9. It is pronounced "niner" because during the war, "nine" sounded too much like the German "nein" so there had to be a distinction. Edited November 3, 2015 by ted123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart 128 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've been using the phonetic alphabet for 31 years, I find myself spelling things phonetically when I'm on the phone to customer services and they don't understand what I'm saying! :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted123 4 Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've been using the phonetic alphabet for 31 years, I find myself spelling things phonetically when I'm on the phone to customer services and they don't understand what I'm saying! :D Same! Although for me it's not quite been 31 years. Maybe 10.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCKev 38 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 i was taught this briefly about 8 years ago and still remember them all them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_L 12 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I always end up saying 'Indigo' instead of 'India', and I have no idea why. That one just won't sink in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCKev 38 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Can anyone shed any light on how the words were picked? Why Tango or Delta or Hotel, who decided on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) Can anyone shed any light on how the words were picked? Why Tango or Delta or Hotel, who decided on this. They were picked as the arrangement of phonemes are less easy to mistake for other words. The transmission may be distorted and you may miss some sounds but you should still be able to work out what was said. Effectively it's an error correction code. Edited November 3, 2015 by Burnsy2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCKev 38 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 They were picked as the arrangement of phonemes are less easy to mistake for other words. The transmission may be distorted and you may miss some sounds but you should still be able to work out what was said. Effectively it's an error correction code. Cheers for the answer Burnsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gripper 6 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've been using the phonetic alphabet for 31 years, I find myself spelling things phonetically when I'm on the phone to customer services and they don't understand what I'm saying! :D That's probably due to your wooly back accent fnar fnar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart 128 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 To be fair, it's probably when I ring an alleged local contact centre and end up speaking to someone in Delhi!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Random 411 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Always preferred the NYPDs onehttps://campaign-57671.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/nypd-phonetic-alphabet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J032015 6 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I find it easier to wind people up when they don't know the phonetic alphabet rather than associate something else like P for Peter... "Yes madam, I"ll spell it out for you, P for Pterodactyl, G for Gnome, W for Wrinkle...." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing3q 72 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I remember my father telling me in the old days it was Able Baker Charlie dog Easy Fox (thought it was a para thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekkers 15 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I dont know where I learnt the phonetic alphabet. But when in training I realised I had it up there in my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Random 411 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I dont know where I learnt the phonetic alphabet. But when in training I realised I had it up there in my head! it's something you pick up from TV a lot of the time the bill londons burning etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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