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https://i.imgur.com/3CbAxSp.jpg If you don't use the NATO phonetic alphabet, you end up with confusing shit like this. View Quote I heard this from a client the other day. Z as in Xylophone. I didn't have the heart to correct the idiot. |
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If he’s on the spectrum, oh well.
I some people on the spectrum that are military buffs. They just get overdetailed in trying to ask questions about the most basic/stupid of stuff (belt hooks, etc) |
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A better question is should non-HAMs be allowed to use Amateur phonetics?
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I have a guy in the office, not really a stolen valor guy but he definitely wears camo outside of the office. He is sorta autistic when it comes to military and history stuff. So I kinda just think he is a militaria buff and dont think much of it. However when on the phone with customers and going over catalog numbers and sales numbers, its all military phonetic alphabet. There are times where I swear he is calling in air support or an artillery attack. No one else in the office has issues speaking with customers and none of us need to rattle off sierra, foxtrot zulu all day, not sure why he does. I feel like this is confusing to customers, especially those that have no idea whiskey tango foxtrot he is talking about. ETA....going to add the civilian vs military phonetic alphabet https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/58463/27e0f11f3f6aeb9ba4897ea3a5e80f4f-965328.png View Quote This thread is Whiskey Tango Foxtrot lima oscar lima |
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*autistic screeching in military phonetic alphabet* View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I, too, used a bastardized variation. When I worked phone tech support, I would frequently get calls from people where English was not their first language. I had a call from Pakistan, and was phonetically spelling a word, with the other person repeating. Without thinking, I said "India." Long, awkward pause... View Quote |
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I think the OP identified the wrong autistic person in his story.
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Even the NATO phonetic alphabet? I am not talking about the civilian phonetic alphabet. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You do realize that the phonetic alphabet isn't only a military thing, right? The international phonetic alphabet is used by amateur radio, air traffic control and has been adopted by NATO. |
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We had a new girl in the office a while back, I've since changed employers, who said to a customer when clarifying a part number 'U for UTERUS'
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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot!!!
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Meh I have a heavy southern accent and talk to people from all over the world, I use the NATO phonetic alphabet so that others can understand me when needed. I’ve never seen the civilian one you posted
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This is a troll post right? Like, not just the mil uses that. I work in aviation, guess what like the very first test for new hires is?
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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O is not a number...it's zero It bothers me when people say "o" instead of zero when referencing a phone number or something View Quote If I have a need to say "immediately", I'm more likely to say "ommediately". That from only a couple years as a wireman doing radio operator stuff. |
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https://i.imgur.com/3CbAxSp.jpg If you don’t use the NATO phonetic alphabet, you end up with confusing shit like this. View Quote |
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It’s only weird if he also says tree, fowr, fife, niner and gets pissed when people ask him to “repeat” himself. View Quote Telling India tech support they are coming in broken and retarded say again may be a bit much. Just start finishing all discussions with over or roger that? https://youtu.be/YIS8pU-TTuo |
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![]() Nato standard, aviation, boating, law enforcement, fucking useless indian tech support even uses it. It's pretty much the world standard when communicating in English. View Quote Me - 657xbr7463sdkn3486 ITS- 657sdr746tfbkn3486? Me - ![]() That's why I use the phonetic alphabet every day. |
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Romeo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I think maybe you are both autistic |
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Allowed!?
Fuck off. The HAM community uses the same one, the NATO version. The cops use that dumb civilianized version. |
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Quoted: Because its the correct thing to do? Its a skill every man should have. I hate it when people try to say things like: "B, as is Babushka" , "C, as is Clarinet", now THAT sounds annoying. Just about everyone I know uses correct phonetic alphabet code; anything else is just plain ignorant. View Quote |
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I didnt think there would be so much hostilities towards me. View Quote ![]() |
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Be glad he's not speaking what Tom Wolfe referred to as "Army Creole."
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Who cares. The military doesn't have a trademark on a phonetic alphabet
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I don't use it in everyday conversation but if I'm on the phone and I say the address is "Verdun Dr. with a Victor" nobody seems to have a problem with it and the message is successfully communicated.
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