Wordie: The Phonetic Alphabet: Comments

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:34:07 +0000

Arby, maybe the "ph" isn't used because it's more common to use "f" for that sound in languages other than English (as in oroboros' explanation). That's what I'd assumed, anyway.

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:33:34 +0000

Actually, it's short for alfalfa. ;)

Comment by arby, about 1 year ago

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:13:58 +0000

Shouldn't "alfa" be spelled alpha? Or am I crazy...

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:56:35 +0000

Cool! Thanks.

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:18:13 +0000

J.: After the war, with many aircraft and ground personnel drawn from the allied armed forces, "Able Baker" continued to be used in civil aviation. But many sounds were unique to English, so an alternative "Ana Brazil" alphabet was used in Latin America. But the International Air Transport Association (IATA), recognizing the need for a single universal alphabet, presented a draft alphabet to the ICAO in 1947 which had sounds common to English, French, and Spanish. After further study and modification by each approving body, the revised alphabet was implemented November 1, 1951

--Wikipedia

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:04:43 +0000

Hmmm, I wonder why they changed.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:44:10 +0000

A useful list--thanks.