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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Arcades057 on June 27, 2006, 09:06:27 PM
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Does anybody know where I can find it? You know, Alpha, Brava, Charlie...?
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but of course, my non-googling friend:
teh coad (http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/563-1.asp)
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Always check Wikipedia too :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nato_alphabet
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try here (http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Morse_Phonetic_Single.pdf)
Do a google search on "Alpha Bravo Charlie" and you will get bazillions of sites like this. This one seemed ok.
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alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, gulf, hotel, india, juliet, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa, quebec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, xray, yankee, zulu.
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Isn't 'zebra' sometimes used in place of 'zulu' since it is also used to denote a time standard? GMT I believe.
I'm not in the military nor was I ever so I'm really just asking, not correcting anyone.
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Originally posted by moneyguy
alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, gulf, hotel, india, juliet, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa, quebec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, xray, yankee, zulu.
Golf, not gulf.
Originally posted by plank
Isn't 'zebra' sometimes used in place of 'zulu' since it is also used to denote a time standard? GMT I believe.
Some people use zebra, but it's incorrect to do so. Some people around Memphis also use "Sugar" instead of Sierra, but again, that's incorrect.
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Originally posted by jigsaw
Golf, not gulf.
Some people use zebra, but it's incorrect to do so. Some people around Memphis also use "Sugar" instead of Sierra, but again, that's incorrect.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification.
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This is the WW2 version:
A Able
B Baker
C Charlie
D Dog
E Easy
F Fox
G George
H How
I Item
J Jig
K King
L Love
M Mike
N Nan
O Oboe
P Peter
Q Queen
R Roger
S Sugar
T Tare
U Uncle
V Victor
W William
X X-ray
Y Yoke
Z Zebra
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German phonetic alphabet.
M.Dv.Nr.922, Heft II.
A Anton
Ä Ärger
B Bruno
C Cäsar
Ch China
D Dora
E Emil
F Fritz
G Gustav
H Hans
I Ida
J Jota
K Karl
L Lucie
M Max
N Nanni
O Otto
Ö Öse
P Paula
Q Quatsch
R Richard
S Sophie
T Toni
U Ulrich
Ü Übel
V Victor
W Wilhelm
X Xanthippe
Y Ysop
Z Zet or Zeppelin
Additionally a number of Greek letters were used for special purposes.
α Alpha
β Beta
γ Gamma
δ Delta
ε Epsilon
λ Lambda
π Phi
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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.
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Originally posted by jigsaw
Golf, not gulf.
i stand corrected :D
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Thanks people. I tried Googling it once at "Military phonetic alphabet" and got no joy. This makes my writing a little easier.
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Originally posted by jigsaw
Golf, not gulf.
When I was In the military it was Gulf not Golf don't know when they changed that but a couple searches does show Golf. I remember it as Gulf because I was constantly being corrected on it (being a weekend golfer I would always say Golf). Interesting. :huh
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i always thought it was gulf too. but i looked in a few of my books and found it was golf.
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edit: Nm already posted :)
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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
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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... :D
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It was definately GOLF between 1988 and 1992, I was in Golf Battery 3rd bn /11th marines then. :aok
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1975-79 the navy still called certain damage controls hatches valves etc circle william even though "whiskey" was otherwise used for W
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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...
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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...
:huh
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The AH Version
A = Auger
B = Buff
C = CV
D = Dive Bombing BUFFS
E = Eny
F = F*&King La Drivers
And So On
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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?
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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.
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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......
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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:(
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Buff was used during WWII, but then it meant "Big Ugly Fat Fellows." Of course I'm usually wrong too.
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Originally posted by Arcades057
....Of course I'm usually wrong too.
:D 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
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It gets more fun because I think there's an entirely DIFFERENT phonetic alphabet used by civilian aviation. Certainly law enforcement does.
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civillian aviation uses the same one