Comments on: Know your alphabet.

By: Brian Wood

Brian Wood — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:22:55 +0000

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

And that’s a fact!

By: eshley

eshley — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:08:33 +0000

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: AA

AA — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:43:39 +0000

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