The Alpha Romeo Mike Yankee Alpha lima papa hotel alpha bravo echo tango.

[RED-85-Z51]

Is easy to memorize and use in everyday life...its incredibly helpful when relaying alphanumeric part numbers over a phone line, or in a noisy situation...and yet...people WILL NOT USE IT.

[boracayjohnny]

Civilians...

Apple, Boy, Car, Dog for the few that even try.



Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

[Fasglas]

Yep. Heard some doozies.

A few examples:

V - violin / veteranarian / vulgar / vodka

B - boy / banana / boss / brown

E - extra / easy / early / earring

I'm sure we've all heard them. While they are not correct, some are pretty good, while others... not so much.

[GRN ENVY]

Whiskey tango foxtrot......I hate when people won't use it. Especially when they are reading a vin number to me over the phone.

[Mike Mercury]

Amateur radio peeps use it all the time.

[DukeAllen]

Civilians are only acquainted with it from movies, no one teaches it. And what's the percentage of the population that's in the military, or had been? Under 10%?

[xXBUDXx]

With my slight southern accent and sexy radio voice, it is essential for communication so that the recipient maintains focus.

There is an IPhone app with a US and NATO cheat sheet. :seasix:

[RED-85-Z51]

I use it all the time and more often than not...when ive read a number I get asked "Why did you say words"....ugh

[onedef92]

Use it all the time here.

[DAB]

: delta alpha bravo :

[Cybercowboy]

I try but don't have it anywhere close to memorize so it's more like:

Alpha Tango Garage Unicorn Houston Sexy

[Joecooool]

I learned it when I became a pilot in my teens. I got to write a letter home in basic training when everyone else was memorizing it.

And for some weird reason, Zulu isn't a word in "words with friends".

[five-oh]

Amateur radio peeps use it all the time.

:yesnod: Because of this, I use it frequently. My only problem is work phonetics (police) is a shade different...."Tango" is "Tom", ""Foxtrot" is "Frank", ect. Been known to say the wrong phonetics on the wrong radio from time to time...:leaving:

[Cybercowboy]

I learned it when I became a pilot in my teens. I got to write a letter home in basic training when everyone else was memorizing it.

And for some weird reason, Zulu isn't a word in "words with friends".

It's a proper noun. Very few proper nouns in WWF.

[Skia]

I learned it when I was getting my Pilots license in the 80's. I use it all the time when I'm relaying VIN's to ins companies or the like.

[Milton Fox]

Oscar Kilo! :seasix:

[8Up]

Learned it in the USMC, I use it alot because cell phones arent always clear, and thats what I use most of the time. Most people seem to know what it is but still I say it like "N like November, A as in Alpha"... like that. Or I tell them I am going to use the phonetic alphabet.

[benny42]

Amateur radio peeps use it all the time.

True, but some of the DX chasers use some of the oddest variations on
the normal. :seasix:

[Fasglas]

True, but some of the DX chasers ARE some of the oddest variations on
the normal. :seasix:

Fixt...

:yesnod:

Formerly - November 1 Echo Charley Mike

[benny42]

Fixt...

:yesnod:

Formerly - November 1 Echo Charley Mike

You said it better than I did. de N5SZN.
you should renew.

[Chris Fowler]

Could I memorize it? Sure.

But the opportunities I have to use it are so few and far between that I'd forget it by the time I "needed" it.