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From: silber@batcomputer.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Words For Letters
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 19:48:42 EST
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Phonetic Alphabets used by police, etc...  I have two versions:

A     Adam        Alpha
B     Boy         bravo
C     Charles     charlie (cocoa)
D     david       delta
E     edward      echo
F     frank       foxtrot (fox)
G     george      golf
H     henry       hotel
I     ida         india
J     john        juliette
K     king        kilo
L     lincoln     lima
M     mary        mike
N     nora        november
O     ocean       oscar
P     paul        papa
Q     queen       quebec
R     roberts     romeo
S     sam         sierra
T     tom         tango
U     union       uniform
V     victor      victor
W     william     whiskey
X     x-ray       x-ray
Y     young       yankee
Z     zebra       zulu

around here the first column is used more often, with an occasional
sprinkling from the second.

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