![]() ![]() It is therefore a very helpful way of communicating information. ![]() It is used widely in telecommunications and business, as well as being used for call signs for hikers going through areas of bush or forest and being the internationally recognised way of communicating at sea and by air, using the NATO phonetic alphabet means you can get what you are saying through wherever you are in the world. From humble beginnings as only being for the NATO allies, it has spread, becoming used in a huge variety of everyday situations. The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is not the only phonetic alphabet in use, but it definitely is the one used by the most people and countries. But it is only required internationally, not domestically, thus if both parties to a radio conversation are from the same country, then another phonetic alphabet of that nation’s choice may be used. All of the words are recognisable by native English speakers because English must be used upon request for communication between an aircraft and a control tower whenever two nations are involved, regardless of their native languages. The vowel-sequence thing works for most (though not all) combinations of letters. Hence the sequence of vowels in the phonetic code played an important role when the code was invented, so that when you hear a noisy ‘-oo-oo’ you know the letter is a Z. When the code was invented it was also considered that consonants are the most difficult to hear against a noisy background. English is not required domestically, thus if both parties to a radio conversation are from the same country, then another phonetic alphabet of that. The normal alphabet cannot be used, because some letters, for example P, B, C and D sound similar, and over long distances were indistinguishable, so a new method had to be found. The reason that any phonetic alphabet is (or was) used is because telephone, radio and walkie-talkie communications had the habit of crackling over long distances, blotting out whole words or even sentences. All the letters sound different, so there is no confusion over long distances over what people are saying. It requires words to be spelled out by their letters for example, arm becomes Alpha Romeo Mike, and south becomes Sierra Oscar Uniform Tango Hotel. Links will lead you to the respective One World - Nations Online country information and internet resources page. The list contains English and French country names as well as the local names of the countries. It has another name – the radiotelephony spelling alphabet. Below is a list of countries and areas of the world in alphabetical order, with official names and alternative designations. Alphabet Symbol flag for the letter 'O', spelled out loud by saying ' Oscar '. Between ships at sea, signal flags are used to stand for letters in order to spell out words. The phonetic alphabet is a system created by the NATO allies in the 1950s that would be intelligible and pronounceable to all NATO allies in the heat of battle. There have been many different spelling alphabets over time, but the NATO alphabet is the most commonly used around the world. ![]() It did not start off like this – over time, the phonetic alphabet has evolved. ![]()
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