UK international phonetic alphabet

Appologies just seen this was crossposted (it's hard to tell in google) My comments were for uk.radio.amateur

RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY EOT

Appologies just seen this was crossposted (it's hard to tell in google) My comments were for uk.radio.amateur

RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY EOT

I thought the important point was that the receiver should already be familiar with the alphabet, and that the words used shouldn't be confused for other words in the same alphabet, not any other words in the English lexicon...

Charlie

Over a low power radio channel with awful signal to noise.

Depends if you have a radio built into your pen :)

IIRC a US "journalist" refered to Mr Mandela as an "African American" when he was president...

We use 'Golf' for the 'G' instead (USNavy). And someone forgot 'Lima' and 'Whiskey'.

daestrom

That should be whisky. The irish may, or may not speak English :-)

Dave

Quite

M0WWS wrote: [...]

A wee splash of spring water to release the aromatics in your single malt is more than sufficient.

Unless you're drinking Bells or other cheap rubbish, at which point I wouldn't ruin a perfectly good glass of Coke with it.

sorry for the cross post. I didn't realise that the original post as to uk.telcom.wankers or whatever. Accept my appologies for cross postng to teh idiot's NG

RAOTFLMAO

You are man after my own heart when it comes to malts.

Dave