Random memory aid

[e_juliana]

Because I keep using it and misremembering the letters I don't use much:


Aviation/NATO alphabet
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu

The history and diversity of phonetic alphabets is fascinating.

Comments

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

Here's my favorite phonetic alphabet story. When I first spoke to Joe over the phone, I asked him his last name. He spelled it phonetically - IZAGUIRRE. To myself, I was thinking "What a loser" even though the military is all about the phonetic alphabet. (Oh, and I was in the Army at the time. joe was making an overseas call and I just happened to asnwer the phone.) Anyway, now that it's my name I spell it phonetically all the time because people ALWAYS get it wrong.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's SO CUTE.

I have to use the phonetic alphabet to spell my name, too.