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Posted by WillD on Mon Sep 6 14:33:00 2010, in response to Re: CANCEL THE W, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Sep 6 13:03:03 2010. The NATO Phonetic alphabet was created to largely eliminate the ambiguity which may exist when two words that sound roughly the same, like "George" or "Johnny", are repeated over a static filled radio link where the differentiating syllables may be dropped. Golf and Juliet are different enough that they can be deciphered even if part of the transmission is lost.That's not to say the phonetic alphabet is perfect. Zero and Sierra cause problems, but that can be remedied by simply using Oh for zero. Since NYCT doesn't have an Oscar train that greatly simplifies things. |
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