Don't obsess. Joe is just the bright shiney thing to distract you from the "committee" that is running your life. Joe has trouble operating an ice cream cone.
Makes no sense to get irritated, most folks never served and have no reason to know. Nothing stupid about words like apple, boy, dog, etc. if it fulfills the purpose of clear communication.
Besides, you're flat wrong to call one phonetic alphabet "proper" over another. Each one is purpose-built for the task at hand, whether that is brevity, clarity, or cutting through radio static.
Yep. In addition to my comments below about the police and WWII-era (original) phonetic alphabets, I appreciate when someone gives any kind of phonetic spelling to make sure you get it right, especially in a phone call. I once had a (non-American) give me a phonetic spelling of a name that included "K as in 'knickers.'" It worked just fine.
But "Boy" is part of the police phonetic alphabet (Adam, Boy, Charles, etc.) that is used throughout the United States, and "Dog" is part of the original phonetic alphabet that was used in World War II (Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, etc.) Sometimes people have trouble transitioning from one alphabet to the other. (Fun fact: When radio transmissions were only Morse code, the response to a message was ".-." "R", for "Received." When the original Able-Baker-Charlie-Dog-Easy-Fox alphabet was adopted, "R" was "Roger," so "Roger" replaced the Morse code "R". So to be true to your school, you should acknowledge transmissions by saying "Romeo." See how that works.)
Kind of like you use "say again" instead or "I repeat" because "repeat" means "Repeat Fire Mission" and some cannon cocker will giggle and yank a string.
Don't obsess. Joe is just the bright shiney thing to distract you from the "committee" that is running your life. Joe has trouble operating an ice cream cone.
ReplyDeleteI'm not but the devil can bear anything but mockery and if the meme is useful I'll use it.
DeleteExcellent use of the proper phonetic alphabet.
ReplyDeleteI get really irritated when people insert stupid words like "APPLE" "BOY" "DOG" etc. I will send them an email with the proper phonetic alphabet.
As an aside, I can recite it forwards AND backwards. Lots of fun if I ever have to do a roadside sobriety test.
That'll either get you off with a warning or get your get the bomb squad called to search your car. ;)
DeleteMakes no sense to get irritated, most folks never served and have no reason to know. Nothing stupid about words like apple, boy, dog, etc. if it fulfills the purpose of clear communication.
DeleteBesides, you're flat wrong to call one phonetic alphabet "proper" over another. Each one is purpose-built for the task at hand, whether that is brevity, clarity, or cutting through radio static.
Yep. In addition to my comments below about the police and WWII-era (original) phonetic alphabets, I appreciate when someone gives any kind of phonetic spelling to make sure you get it right, especially in a phone call. I once had a (non-American) give me a phonetic spelling of a name that included "K as in 'knickers.'" It worked just fine.
DeleteBut "Boy" is part of the police phonetic alphabet (Adam, Boy, Charles, etc.) that is used throughout the United States, and "Dog" is part of the original phonetic alphabet that was used in World War II (Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, etc.) Sometimes people have trouble transitioning from one alphabet to the other. (Fun fact: When radio transmissions were only Morse code, the response to a message was ".-." "R", for "Received." When the original Able-Baker-Charlie-Dog-Easy-Fox alphabet was adopted, "R" was "Roger," so "Roger" replaced the Morse code "R". So to be true to your school, you should acknowledge transmissions by saying "Romeo." See how that works.)
ReplyDeleteKind of like you use "say again" instead or "I repeat" because "repeat" means "Repeat Fire Mission" and some cannon cocker will giggle and yank a string.
DeleteAirborne!
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