“It’s called the Phonetic alphabet that’s a legitimate thing that people know and learn,” gushed Brogan. ... “Who else was today years old when they learnt this,” said a third person.

During World War II, the United States military used a modified version of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet (JANAP). This was adopted in 1941 and continued to be used until 1957 when it was ...

Here is how the words were chosen and how the alphabet has evolved. What is the Nato phonetic alphabet for? It was created as a standardised way for aircrews around the world to make themselves ...

The phonetic alphabet is a staple of aviation. In many ways, aviation and radiotelephony grew together during the World War era, and radio phonetics and aviation (as well as naval operations) are ...

Having learned to fly at 8 years old, he has “defaulted to the phonetic alphabet” since childhood both in and outside of work, but has found that it often creates more confusion than clarity ...

The Canaanite comb bears the earliest known instance of a complete sentence written in a phonetic alphabet, ... Engraved into the side of a nearly 4,000-year-old ivory comb is a simple wish: ...