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Phonetic alphabet- did you learn it?

shane86

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58788496#post58788496

Just a side bit from this, someone mentioned learning it in school. Did you? I have never heard an Irish person use it, thought it was military only.

We never did, in fact the only time I heard an ounce of it was when on The Bill they would radio in "Sierra Oscar 25147" (and even then I assumed it was Oskah, not Oscar, given the London accent, thought it was some type of codeword

). The first time I ever heard it in real life was working in a call centre, some English guy started spelling out his email address "charliealphatango....." I type fairly fast so I typed out the entire words

Quite a few of the English use it but I always assumed they were ex-services or whatever.

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xOxSinéadxOx

what is the phonetic alphabet?

Sofaspud

I've been working in a call centre nearly 2 years now, I'm sure I'd remember it if I tried very hard, but when I'm actually on a call I'm completely fucked if I can remember the phonetics.

When you're asking for one specific letter, suddenly all knowledge of that letters existance disappears from your brain, unless involved in a dirty word.

"So that's P, for . . . . umm . . . . . . . . . . ahh yes, Penis?"

spatchco

xoxsineadxox,,, phonetic as in phone,worldwide use for radio telephone that it in simple form i am sure somebody will come back and reply .
x=x-ray
o=oscar
x=x-ray
s=sierra
i=india
n=november
e=echo
a=alpha
d=delta
x=x-ray
o=oscar
x=x-ray

Capt'n Midnight

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

what is the phonetic alphabet?

It's like a tracker mortguage

dcukhunter

I had to learn it for work when we would be using the radio's.

Peteee

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is this all about then?

Susannahmia

That's honestly the first time I've even heard of it. So that's what that dell call center guy was saying to me the last time I had to call them, I just thought he was a bit mad.

Oh well you learn something new everyday.

Jazzy

i learned the greek alphabet

but that was thanks to a computer game (god bless mechwarrior 2

)

Posy

Phonetic alphabet:

A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliet
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu*

Saves people saying 'did you say B or C..?' etc
Especially important for flight numbers/car registrations where a wrong letter means trouble.

*I think they're all correct- I could stand corrected.

Steyr

Caderyn wrote: »

Phonetic alphabet:

A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliet
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu*

Saves people saying 'did you say B or C..?' etc
Especially important for flight numbers/car registrations where a wrong letter means trouble.

*I think they're all correct- I could stand corrected.

Perfect.

Posy

Woo-hoo!

Run_to_da_hills

Again.

A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliet
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu*

bealbocht

tried to learn in when working in a call center for a bit. Well I looked at the list a few times. If never really registered with me either, when people were calling things out to me.

My main problem was , I could only ever think of swear/rude words when thinking of a letter..

A = a-hole
B = bollix
C = c-nt
d - dickhead
e - eejit ..
f- fcuk
g ... mm never really worked out a full list,

could have been something to do with the customers I was dealing with all day. So thought it best, to just try to avoid the whole thing, before I said something I shouldnt have.

marcsignal

Theres a new one for the recession

A - Arsehole
B - Brian
C - Cowen
D - Depression
E - Economy
F - Fucked
G - Gobshites
H - Hopeless
I - Incompetent
J - Jeasus
K - Kamikaze
L - Laughable
M - Morons
N - Negligent
O - Obscene
P - Pricks
Q - Quango
R - Rip-off
S - Suicide
T - Terrible
U - Unholy
V - Vultures
W - Wankers
X - X-ray (omitted due to HSE cut backs)
Y - Yes-men
Z - Zero

Sam Vimes

spatchco wrote: »

xoxsineadxox,,, phonetic as in phone,worldwide use for radio telephone that it in simple form i am sure somebody will come back and reply .
x=x-ray
o=oscar
x=x-ray
s=sierra
i=india
n=november
e=echo
a=alpha
d=delta
x=x-ray
o=oscar
x=x-ray

or of course:

Yankee Oscar Romeo Echo Mike Alpha

0ubliette

cornbb wrote: »

Yankee Echo Sierra.

I think anyone who's done time in a call centre would probably know it too.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Yep learnt it from my punishment years spent in a call centre too. I always get the feeling when using it now around people who obviously dont know it tho, that they think im some kind of andy mcnab military nut or something when im on the phone going 'foxtrot uniform charlie kilo' etc etc

gamblitis

For some reason I learned it in secondary school and what wasn't due to classes.There was one room we had a class in that had a massive poster outside of it with the whole Phonetic Alphabet and all the hand signals on it too. Never really got around to learning the hand signals though :-/

midlandsmissus

I did learn it school, can only remember a few of them. If you ever ring phone companies about anything, and you give them your details, they ask immediately 'is that alpha tango echo whatever' and I'm like just gimme my minutes for god's sake!!!!'

DevilsBreath

Didn't learn it in school but had to learn it for my job.