• kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    The police rang my house once, and he told me where I could reach them, and spelled out his name. I started writing his name out, but by the fourth name, I was thinking wtf is going on. This guy was spelling out his name by using names for each letter. A for Alex, B for Bob.

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      3 hours ago

      Standard for police is to use the NATO phonetic alphabet simply because it’s what everybody uses and it avoids confusion rather than it necessarily been the best system.

      For example prior to the NATO phonetic alphabet the UK military used to have their own, so perhaps that’s where they got it from?

      I think it was

      Apple.
      Bob
      Candle.
      Can’t remember what D was.
      Elizabeth