Posted by: Brian Wood | April 30, 2008

Know your alphabet.

The CIA just called. I need to blow town for the weekend. But the confirmation code I had to leave to get my La Quinta room reservation reminded me of the way our nation has horribly degraded in it’s letter identification protocol when relaying sensitive personal data to strangers on the phone.

For instance, let’s say your confirmation code is CFG12HLM6. Do not try to identify it as a young lady attempted to repeat to me recently: “That’s “c” as in Camilla, Fred, Gigli, one, two, Hermimi, Latte, Mustard, six. Got that?”

Uh, no, sweet-cheeks. It goes a little like this:

A: Alpha
B: Bravo
C: Charlie
D: Delta
E: Echo
F: Foxtrot
G: Golf
H: Hotel
I: India
J: Juliet
K: Kilo
L: Lima
M: Mike
N: November
O: Oscar
P: Papa
Q: Quebec
R: Romeo
S: Sierra
T: Tango
U: Uniform
V: Victor
W: Whiskey
X: X-Ray
Y: Yankee
Z: Zulu

Lock and load, soldier! Know your damned alphabet!

Now, anybody seen my Papa Oscar? I gotta make notes on the road.

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Brian,
After completing an on line order for my computer lab typing program, I got a phone call from the Canadian company.
The operator asked me a series of questions and expected me to answer in military code…Military Code? You have got to be kidding! This girl from Alabama had to make up her own code.
Examples:
A: A-rab,
B; Bamma
C: C-ment,
G: Grits,
Y: Ya’ll
Hey, if it’s not going to be fun, I’m not going to waste my time. :-)
AA

By: AA on May 6, 2008
at 9:43 am

is that for real?

out of 26 “english words” we’ve got

2 greeks letters of the alphabet
2 italian names
at least 5-6 spanish words, names or cities (depending on how you look at it)
a foreign country in Asia
a french city in Canada
a measurement that we don’t even use unless we’re talking about drug trafficking
and
an abbreviation for a medical term that they could have easily substituted with “xylophone”, which is a real word in English….

i say, instead of knowing your terms…make up some new ones!!!!!!!!!!

i do like “Charlie” and “uniform” though :-) Wiskey’s good for that ole’ national drink (or is that only in the south) :-)

By: eshley on June 4, 2008
at 2:08 pm

The terms were chosen for their ability to be understood in the worst radio transmission conditions without error!

And that’s a fact!

B

By: Brian Wood on June 4, 2008
at 2:22 pm

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