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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:20 am

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot wrote:Thanks Wombat..
As Kwahati has already pointed out Foxtrot Union Charlie Kilo was to long. :D: (or is it) :twisted:
Besides, it stand for "We're Totally Friends" right guys?
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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by Big Wallaby » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:58 pm

I use a slightly different phonetic alphabet, where "U" is said by Uniform. How many different phonetic alphabets are there? I know of one for pilots, one for police, how many more official ones are out there? Throws me off sometimes when a cop friend starts rattling off on the phone, and they say "Mary" instead of "Mike".


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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by drcorey » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:20 pm

Big Wallaby wrote:I use a slightly different phonetic alphabet, where "U" is said by Uniform. How many different phonetic alphabets are there? I know of one for pilots, one for police, how many more official ones are out there? Throws me off sometimes when a cop friend starts rattling off on the phone, and they say "Mary" instead of "Mike".
or, Eat, Drink, and be Mary.
err, I was mary last time, it's someone elses turn now... :eek:



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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by BRWombat » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:48 pm

Big Wallaby wrote:I use a slightly different phonetic alphabet, where "U" is said by Uniform. How many different phonetic alphabets are there? I know of one for pilots, one for police, how many more official ones are out there? Throws me off sometimes when a cop friend starts rattling off on the phone, and they say "Mary" instead of "Mike".
Yep -- I know both the "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie..." from aviation and "Adam, Boy, Charles..." from law enforcement.


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Phonetic Alphabet for Spies

Post by Cheshire Figment » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:42 pm

During World War II the US Government came up with the concept of a phonetic alphabet to assist in radio communications, so in the event of unclear reception words could be spelled out to prevent confusion. However, there is one group of people who wan to confuse the issue, so appended below is the phonetic alphabet for spies. All words are constructed so the fist letter is either silent or is pronounced in an unexpected (according to the English language) manner. At the current time the provider does not have words to fit four of the letters of the alphabet. Help would be appreciated.

Aesthete
Bdellium
Ctenoid
Djinn
Euphony
Fnese
Gnomon
Honor
Iatrogenic
Junker or Juarez
Knight
Llama
Mnemonics
N----
Oedipus
Ptarmigan
Quiche
R----
S----
Tsar
Urn
V----
Wraith
Xyster
Ypres
Zhmud

(Note — only five of the above words were not appreciated by WordPerfect’s spell checker.)



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Re: Phonetic Alphabet for Spies

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:57 pm

Cheshire Figment wrote:During World War II the US Government came up with the concept of a phonetic alphabet to assist in radio communications, so in the event of unclear reception words could be spelled out to prevent confusion. However, there is one group of people who wan to confuse the issue, so appended below is the phonetic alphabet for spies. All words are constructed so the fist letter is either silent or is pronounced in an unexpected (according to the English language) manner. At the current time the provider does not have words to fit four of the letters of the alphabet. Help would be appreciated.

(Note — only five of the above words were not appreciated by WordPerfect’s spell checker.)
Since I am used to the military ones from the 70's (which is also how we learned morse code in less than a week!)

I have to put my hands together and figure out a fist letter!


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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by Big Wallaby » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:23 pm

I still haven't learned Morse Code. I would like to.


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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by Whazzup » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:52 pm

Big Wallaby wrote:I still haven't learned Morse Code. I would like to.
I had to learn it for my ham radio license. I used to be WN7VXG (very extraordinary girl) when I was a novice license holder.
Dah-dit-dah-dit dah-dah-dit-dah or -.-. --.- (anybody?)



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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by February » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:19 pm

When I worked for Ford Motor Company years ago on the phones in customer service, I had no idea what the caller was going on about the first time they gave me a alphanumeric part number using a code like that.

I heard Edward Nine Tom Zebra and about dropped the phone. Thankfully the guy in the cubicle across from me took pity on me the first week and held up signs until I learned the lingo LOL

So Ford Parts Expeditors have a code of their own, too. . .



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Re: Security- Park stories

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:21 pm

Whazzup wrote:I had to learn it for my ham radio license. I used to be WN7VXG (very extraordinary girl) when I was a novice license holder.
Dah-dit-dah-dit dah-dah-dit-dah or -.-. --.- (anybody?)
Three dits, four dits, two dits and a DAH! Everyone who likes the Navy say RAH RAH RAH! (yes its juvenile, but that was what we used to say in "code" school or "Skool")


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