Phonetic Alphabet

[gee4]

Hi all,

Thought this might be useful for you if you don't already have this somewhere.  Is this the same in the US?

http://www.dbfenterprisesllc.com/Information/phonetic_alphabet.htm

G

[juspeachy]

This is exactly how I learned it when I joined the Navy over 20 years ago.  The only exception is I learned "V" as Victor instead of Vector.  I remember that because my first name starts with a "V" and we had to spell our names using the phonetic alphabet.

JusPeachy

[Jackie G]

Yep, definitely VICTOR not Vector.  That's what the police use in the UK

Jackie, Peer Moderator
www.iqps.org

[gee4]

That explains why it picked up Vector on the spellcheck - I was sure it was Victor also.

G

[sobriquetnic]

Hi G

Working in travel, I learned the phonetic alphabet in my first week at work.  However, I do have a tendency to use it at home now when on personal but professional calls (car insurance etc!) and my other half laughs at me!  

Another interesting site here on this:-

http://www.scphillips.com/morse/index.html?http://www.scphillips.com/morse/alphabet.html


All the best,
N(for November)icola!

[movinonup]

This reminds me of a story.  We had a new Brazilian employee at our office here in the USA.  He was on the phone with an American car rental company, trying to tell this gal the number of his agreement.  He kept saying, "not "B" but "P" as in POOH."  He kept getting louder and louder, and she just wasn't getting it.  He finally looked at me, in the cubicle next to him, doubled over in laughter.  He put the lady on hold and asked me what to do.  I finally managed to settle down, and said, tell her "P" as in Peter!  He did so, and finished the conversation.  

Later on, he told me that he was thinking of using "P" as in Pedro, but he couldn't think of any English word other than POOH.  

I don't know why, but this struck me as so funny at the time, I was in tears.

Movinonup