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From: jrrt@hogpd.UUCP (R.MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Phonetic Alphabets
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 08:59:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 14 08:59:24 1985
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he ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE alphabet dates from pre-World War II days.
By the late 60's, the U.S. military had converted to the alphabet below,
allegedly for greater clarity.

ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, GOLF, HOTEL, INDIA, JULIET,
KILO, LIMA, MIKE, NOVEMBER, OSCAR, PAPA, QUEBEC (pronounced KAY-BECK), 
ROMEO, SIERRA, TANGO, UNIFORM, VICTOR, WHISKEY, XRAY, YANKEE, ZULU.

Rob Mitchell  {allegra,ihnp4}!hogpd!jrrt

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