NATO phonetic alphabet
In setting an treasure hunt / outdoor escape room puzzle, I came across the fact that the NATO phonetic alphabet has two specific spellings that I have been spelling “wrong” all these years.
Apparently the accepted spellings are Alfa and Juliett, with the full list being
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu
I did get my VHF licence some time ago, and whilst the words are the same I would have mis-spelled them.
There is an excellent PDF which also includes International Morse Code, Flaghoist communication, Semaphore, and Panel signalling.
I knew of the number pronunciations being distinct:
Wun, Too, Tree, Fow-er, Fife, Six, Sev-en, Ait, Nin-er, Zee-ro
