In my daily work, when I am on the phone with
customers or manufacturers, sometimes I need to provide them my email address
or asking for some information. To provide and get correct information between
people with a different language background, we can use a spelling alphabet,
where every letter is described by a word. Let say my email address is “mihu”, I will
describe like these: m for mcdonalds, i for Indonesia, h for hotel and u for usa.
Only do you know that actually there is a widely
used spelling alphabet, known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling
Alphabet or NATO phonetic alphabet? Shared to you as following and maybe
lists of simple English words for alternatives in case some people don’t really
know about NATO phonetic alphabet which is included as below table. Hope it
helps.
Character
|
International
Code
|
Pronounciation
|
Alternatives
|
A
|
Alfa
|
(Al-Fah)
|
America
|
B
|
Bravo
|
(Brah-Voh)
|
Banana
|
C
|
Charlie
|
(Char-Lee)
|
China
|
D
|
Delta
|
(Dell-Tah)
|
Dog
|
E
|
Echo
|
(Eck-Oh)
|
Elephant
|
F
|
Foxtrot
|
(Foks-Trot)
|
Flower
|
G
|
Golf
|
(Golf)
|
Golf
|
H
|
Hotel
|
(Hoh-Tel)
|
Hotel
|
I
|
India
|
(In-Dee-Ah)
|
India
|
J
|
Juliett
|
(Jew-Lee-Ett)
|
Jamaica
|
K
|
Kilo
|
(Key-Loh)
|
Kilo
|
L
|
Lima
|
(Lee-Mah)
|
London
|
M
|
Mike
|
(Mike)
|
Mars
|
N
|
November
|
(No-Vem-Ber)
|
New York
|
O
|
Oscar
|
(Oss-Cah)
|
Orange
|
P
|
Papa
|
(Pah-Pah)
|
Prince
|
Q
|
Quebec
|
(Keh-Beck)
|
Queen
|
R
|
Romeo
|
(Row-Me-Oh)
|
Radio
|
S
|
Sierra
|
(See-Air-Rah)
|
Sunday
|
T
|
Tango
|
(Tang-Go)
|
Tiger
|
U
|
Uniform
|
(You-Nee-Form)
|
USA
|
V
|
Victor
|
(Vik-Tah)
|
Venus
|
W
|
Whiskey
|
(Wiss-Key)
|
Water
|
X
|
Xray
|
(Ecks-Ray)
|
Xray
|
Y
|
Yankee
|
(Yang-Key)
|
Yellow
|
Z
|
Zulu
|
(Zoo-Loo)
|
Zebra
|
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