Security- Park stories

[Zazu]

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.

How about Voila?

[February]

At Ford we used Victor and XRay . . .but I've heard Victory used as well.

I didn't see if Z is up there but I know Zulu is used by lots of military groups. . .Bravo Zulu means well done. I didn't know that until someone in the military Bravo Zulu'd me once and I had to look it up LOL

~Bru

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

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".

Wallaby,

Each of the following organizations have an official phonetic alphabet that is internationally recognized, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

I also know that several organizations have their own twists that they label "official" I believe the most prevalent are the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Sheriffs Office.

As for using Union, can't tell you why or where I picked that up from, but it isn't in an officially recognized version.

Sean

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Wallaby,

Each of the following organizations have an official phonetic alphabet that is internationally recognized, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

I also know that several organizations have their own twists that they label "official" I believe the most prevalent are the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Sheriffs Office.

As for using Union, can't tell you why or where I picked that up from, but it isn't in an officially recognized version.

Sean

Just an FYI, most California law enforcement have "standardized" them including the 10 codes and the 11 codes.

[Rob562]

I work in a university library setting, with all books barcoded with either a 14-digit numerical or 6-digit alpha-numerical barcode. While most transactions are handled electronically in one form or another, there's the occasional phone inquiry. It's funny what some people will come up with to substitute for letters when they don't have to do it very often. I've gotten such words as umbrage, iteration and optical. Sometimes I really have to stop and think about what the heck they jsut said and what letter it starts with.

I've also gotten someone that said "U" but turned out they meant it to be "you" for letter Y. Then there was the person who substituted the word "Nine" for letter N and wondered why they got number 9 in the barcode...

And what gets me are people who say "Oh" for zero (both number and letter can be in the barcode) or who can't tell the difference between letter O and number 0 on the barcodes...

Ah....the joys of libraries...

-Rob