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alfa has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
bravo has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
charlie has been listed 9 times with 2 comments
delta has been listed 29 times with 2 comments
echo has been listed 54 times with 1 comment
foxtrot has been listed 16 times with 0 comments
golf has been listed 16 times with 20 comments
hotel has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
india has been listed 15 times with 1 comment
juliet has been listed 7 times with 3 comments
kilo has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
lima has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
mike has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
november has been listed 16 times with 0 comments
oscar has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
papa has been listed 12 times with 22 comments
quebec has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
romeo has been listed 9 times with 3 comments
sierra has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
tango has been listed 21 times with 3 comments
uniform has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
victor has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
whiskey has been listed 24 times with 4 comments
x-ray has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
yankee has been listed 11 times with 7 comments
zulu has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
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.
Actually, it's short for alfalfa. ;)
Shouldn't "alfa" be spelled alpha? Or am I crazy...
Cool! Thanks.
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
Hmmm, I wonder why they changed.
A useful list--thanks.