Thursday, January 21, 2010

A-Alpha, B-Bravo, C-Charlie

Today, my co-worker was spelling out letter by letter on the phone.  Then when she hit "P" for "Papa", people around her couldn't stop laughing.  As most of us think that P is for Peter or Paul, P-Papa is also a correct phonetic for NATA phonetic alphabet.


NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Letterphonetic letter
AAlpha
BBravo
CCharlie
DDelta
EEcho
FFoxtrot
GGolf
HHotel
IIndia
JJuliet
KKilo
LLima
MMike
NNovember
OOscar
PPapa
QQuebec
RRomeo
SSierra
TTango
UUniform
VVictor
WWhiskey
XX-ray
YYankee
ZZulu

Western Union Phonetic Alphabet

Letterphonetic letter
AAdams
BBoston
CChicago
DDenver
EEasy
FFrank
GGeorge
HHenry
IIda
JJohn
KKing
LLincoln
MMary
NNew York
OOcean
PPeter
QQueen
RRoger
SSugar
TThomas
UUnion
VVictor
WWilliam
XX-ray
YYoung
ZZero


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