Author Topic: Military phonetic alphabet (Read 3049 times)

TW9 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2006, 10:54:10 PM »

edit: Nm already posted

Kurt · « **Reply #16 on:** June 28, 2006, 11:41:16 PM »

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Originally posted by x0847Marine
Useless trivia:

"Adam Henry", or "Alpha Hotel"

If you ever see this written on you car registration, some cop who stopped you though you were an A-hole and just wanted give the next cop a heads up.

Sierra Hotel is similar...

Although lately I hear the Air Force boys saying Sh** Hot when describing devices that perform especially well, so that might replace the definition that I know in which the H=Head

jigsaw · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2006, 12:32:32 AM »

Leslie pointed out the old WWII version, which would explain a lot of the small differences where people hung onto those instead of switching to ICAO standard. Ice Station Zebra anyone?

With some law enforcement agencies, there's no telling what they use other than the first thing that pops into their mind with the starting letter.

When I was learning the ICAO version, I'd read license plates. Helped me pick it up pretty quickly. Now, if I could just memorize morse code...

Aquabat · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2006, 06:37:19 AM »

It was definately GOLF between 1988 and 1992, I was in Golf Battery 3rd bn /11th marines then.

storch · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2006, 06:53:02 AM »

1975-79 the navy still called certain damage controls hatches valves etc circle william even though "whiskey" was otherwise used for W

Kurt · « **Reply #20 on:** June 29, 2006, 08:36:28 AM »

Its fun to see how many you can come up with where the word, while starting with the correct letter, is phoenetically incorrect or sounds exactly the same as the letter in the first place

B as in Bee
S as in Sea
T as in Tea
X as Xylophone

Etc...

68Ripper · « **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2006, 10:24:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Kurt
Its fun to see how many you can come up with where the word, while starting with the correct letter, is phoenetically incorrect or sounds exactly the same as the letter in the first place

B as in Bee
S as in Sea
T as in Tea
X as Xylophone

Etc...

mussie · « **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:23:27 PM »

The AH Version

A = Auger
B = Buff
C = CV
D = Dive Bombing BUFFS
E = Eny
F = F*&King La Drivers

And So On

Lye-El · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:47:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Kurt
Its fun to see how many you can come up with where the word, while starting with the correct letter, is phoenetically incorrect or sounds exactly the same as the letter in the first place

B as in Bee
S as in Sea
T as in Tea
X as Xylophone

Etc...

Like....Knife?

Brenjen · « **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2006, 01:28:13 PM »

Funny how buff became AHII jargon for bomber when the word buff was originally used to describe the B-52 if I'm not mistaken...but I frequently am.

mussie · « **Reply #25 on:** June 30, 2006, 02:42:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Brenjen
Funny how buff became AHII jargon for bomber when the word buff was originally used to describe the B-52 if I'm not mistaken...but I frequently am.

Big Ugly Fat F&^ker

But then again AH does not have the TM on Con, Six ect......

Brenjen · « **Reply #26 on:** June 30, 2006, 06:57:10 PM »

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Originally posted by mussie
Big Ugly Fat F&^ker

But then again AH does not have the TM on Con, Six ect......

I know what buff stands for, my post was more along the lines of, it was used to describe the B-52 which came along way after the AH plane set. It wasn't really about trade marks, maybe I just didn't understand the reply:(

Arcades057 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:14:19 PM »

Buff was used during WWII, but then it meant "Big Ugly Fat Fellows." Of course I'm usually wrong too.

Brenjen · « **Reply #28 on:** July 01, 2006, 09:53:35 AM »

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Originally posted by Arcades057
....Of course I'm usually wrong too.

It's the human condition!

Sorry to hijack your Alpha, Bravo,Charlie thread b.t.w. I didn't mean to be a foxtrot-alpha-gamma:lol

Saxman · « **Reply #29 on:** July 01, 2006, 10:57:36 AM »

It gets more fun because I think there's an entirely DIFFERENT phonetic alphabet used by civilian aviation. Certainly law enforcement does.

Author Topic: Military phonetic alphabet (Read 3049 times)

storch