I helped design the original, always funny to see it out in the wild. Also llama would've been a better option for lima.
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I like how they left "Lima" alone.
And neither is a phonetic alphabet. They're spelling alphabets. But that doesn't sound as cool
There's gotta be better than Nine and Lima!
Neigh? Nor?
Lloyd? Lear?
B : backslash
D : delete
G : gneiss
H : hour
L : llama
N : nave
P : pterosaur
R : rote
U : urn
V : veldt
X : xerographic
Z : zero
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I would have B as in bdellium. Or bee.
A for Horses
B for Mutton
C for Yourself
D for Dumb
E for Brick
F for Vessence
G for
H for
I for One
J for Oranges
K for
L for Leather
M for
N for
O for God’s Sake
P for
Q for Ages
R for Mo
S for
T for Baghdad
U for Mism
V for
W for
X for Breakfast
Y for
Z for
Can’t remember the rest. I feel like Y should be really obvious, but I’ve not even thought about this since I was a kid
Me?
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M as in Mancy
This is brilliant and I despise it.
WTF is this???
Why tsunami four?
I was sure the peace symbol was from combining the letters K + G from "kg of weed makes people peaceful".
Whoever sells this as the "NATO Alphabet" needs to be taken outside and shot.
You can think of military what you like, but the real NATO alphabet is a phonetic masterpiece. RobWords has an interesting video about it on YT.
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