A-Alpha, B-Baker, C-Charlie...

Cookie_Monster

Anyone know what the term for the above is, I am interested in finding out what words match all the letters of the alphabet but don't know the term to search google or wikipedia for?

minidazzler

Phonetic Alphabet.

Hagar

It's called the Phonetic Alphabet. Link.

Gambler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

Cookie_Monster

Thanks Guys

Hagar

Three correct replies in 2 minutes. That must be a record.

Morpheus

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zooloo

One
Two
Tree
Four
Fife
Six
Seven
Eight
Niner
Zero

minidazzler

Hagar wrote: »

Three correct replies in 2 minutes. That must be a record.

I am just waiting for someone to come along disagreeing with the NATO version of the Phonetic Alphabet!!

Morpheus

There are other versions but thats the one we use.

most common acronym when on ex using the Phonetic Alphabet?

"This is a right Charlie Foxtrot"



for those of you not knowing it... ClusterF*ck

concussion

WW2 phonetic

Able
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item
Jig
King
Love
Mike
Nan
Oboe
Peter
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X Ray
Yoke
Zebra


Not many carried over to the NATO standard

diverdriver

There's also one of the old RAF alphabets which you hear in old movies.
Able
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item
Jig
King
Love
Mike
Nan
Oboe
Peter
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra

You have to pronounce them with a rather posh English accent.

Edit: Ah Concussion you beat me to it.

loz

minidazzler wrote: »

I am just waiting for someone to come along disagreeing with the NATO version of the Phonetic Alphabet!!

4 = fo wer

iceage

Best tell the OP stick to the Nato version, cos then we'll all know what he's waffling about.;)

out.

JJJJNR

Thats the secret code.. shhhhhh!

Manic Moran

Many police forces in the US do still use the old WWII alphabet.

NTM

NoQuarter

a is for amy who fell down the stairs
b is for basil assaulted by bears
c is for clara who wasted away
d is for desmond thrown out of a sleigh
e is for ernest who choked on a peach
f is for fanny sucked dry by a leech
g is for george smothered under a rug
h is for hector done in by a thug
i is for ida who drowned in a lake
j is for james who took lye by mistake
k is for kate who was struck by an axe
l is for leo who swallowed some tacks
m is for maud who was swept out to sea
n is for neville who died of ennui
o is for olive run through with an awl
p is for prue trampled flat in a brawl
q is for quentin who sank in a mire
r is for rhoda consumed by fire
s is for susan who perished of fits
t is for titus who flew into bits
u is for una who slipped down a drain
v is for victor squashed under a train
w is for winnie embedded in ice
x is for xerxes devoured by mice
y is for yorick whose head was knocked in
z is for zillah who drank too much gin

arybvtcw0eolkf

I thought the OP mean't what does A.B.C. mean...

And as anyone here who ever slopes off early know's it means...

Always Be Covered

:P

WallysWorld

Just wondering, why is it niner instead of nine??

arybvtcw0eolkf

WallysWorld wrote: »

Just wondering, why is it niner instead of nine??

Clarity.

.

KTRIC

WallysWorld wrote: »

Just wondering, why is it niner instead of nine??

So they don't confuse Ze Germans

Duffers

I was told it's so that there is a clear difference on the net between five and nine

eg

Zero, locstat is grid sierra yankee niner five zero, zero one zero, over

much clearer than nine five zero.

Ahh VP:(

KTRIC

We had the phonetic alphabet rammed down our throats when I worked on the Tech-Support lines in D€ll. It stuck with me all this time, comes in very handy dealing with foreigners.

It makes me cringe though when some of my idiotic colleagues just make it up as they go along :mad:

arybvtcw0eolkf

Duffers wrote: »

I was told it's so that there is a clear difference on the net between five and nine

eg

Zero, locstat is grid sierra yankee niner five zero, zero one zero, over

much clearer than nine five zero.

Ahh VP:(

Actually in voice procedure FIVE is pronounced as FIFE.

And here's something completely off topic (kinda). On Morse Code ZERO is ALWAYS 'Zero Alfa'..

Can anyone tell me why?.

Fratton Fred

One of my old colleagues used to use the Cockney version. it confused the hell out of everyone

http://www.bluebullfrog.net/alphabets.htm

V Bull

Hi All,

Here is a section copy of one of my old "UN Voice Procedure For Radio Communication" booklets.

Do they not give these out anymore before you go overseas.........

Enjoy...........

UN Voice Procedure for Radio.jpg


:cool:

Cookie_Monster

Fratton Fred wrote: »

One of my old colleagues used to use the Cockney version. it confused the hell out of everyone

http://www.bluebullfrog.net/alphabets.htm

LOL WTF

WallysWorld

Duffers wrote: »

I was told it's so that there is a clear difference on the net between five and nine(

Ze Germans be Damned. :pac: Ok, but five and nine to my mind sound pretty different, why would they need to have such a difference in the prononciation over the net. niner, fiver??

Mairt, apologies, but I dont get the clarity thing, why is niner more understandable than nine? Duffers is on about five and nine but I would think that five and nine on the net were easily distinguishable. And I have no idea why zero is zero alfa!!!. I'd be interested to know though!

arybvtcw0eolkf

WallysWorld wrote: »

And I have no idea why zero is zero alfa!!!. I'd be interested to know though!

'Zero Alfa' is actually a morse code procedure!.

'Zero' in more is a series of five dashs (in your CW class their taught as a 'Dah' sound).

'This is' is Dah Dit dIT - . (roger so far?).

And 'Alfa' is Dit Dah.

So again for clarity to denote the end of ZERO you add on the 'DIT DAH' to the end.

So "This is Zero" goes to "This is Zero Alfa"..

"DAH DIT DIT dit~ DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH ~ DIT DAH" and then you either go into your radio checks or preamble of your formal message or whatever the case may be.

Its complicated to write it out here, but on C.W. (Morse Code) it makes sense.

Some operators operating voice on H.F. now say "Zero Alfa", but thats not proper voice procedure.

On voice, be it H.F. or V.H.F. it should always be just "Zero".

concussion

WallysWorld wrote: »

Ze Germans be Damned. :pac: Ok, but five and nine to my mind sound pretty different, why would they need to have such a difference in the prononciation over the net. niner, fiver??

Mairt, apologies, but I dont get the clarity thing, why is niner more understandable than nine? Duffers is on about five and nine but I would think that five and nine on the net were easily distinguishable. And I have no idea why zero is zero alfa!!!. I'd be interested to know though!

Nine and five do sound similar over the radio though you wouldn't really think so. Radio procedure is based around getting the most information across in the shortest time, with the fewest errors. Anything that can be confused probably will so nine becomes niner. Whenever I give radio classes I make sure to include digits 5 and 9 - those that don't send 'niner' are misheard as often as not.