• Reygle@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Lol - “Q as in Queue” hahahaha I bet someone thinks this is official enough to use.
    I hope someone uses this, religiously, for life. :)

    Alpha
    Bravo
    Charlie
    Delta
    Echo
    Foxtrot
    Golf
    Hotel
    India
    Juliet
    Kilo
    Lima
    Mike
    November
    Oscar
    Papa
    Quebec
    Romeo
    Sierra
    Tango
    Uniform
    Victor
    Whiskey
    Xray
    Yankee
    Zulu

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      18 days ago

      If Q as in Queue bothers you, you better check what C stands for.

      Same for D. And Y. And W.

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      18 days ago

      I used to work for phone support. First day when I thought I can use the alphabet like pro, then granny and auntie callers complained they don’t know that military shit.

      I have always pronounced Quebec like “kebek.” Many US callers didn’t understand it until it’s like “cuebek”. So I started pronouncing like so. Many US callers didn’t understand it until it’s “kebek”.

      Fuck this shit.

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      18 days ago

      Many of these are two distinct syllables, so even if you get a broken transmission, it’s still intelligible.

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      18 days ago

      I was on a call earlier with a business and they said S as in Sam. I wanted to correct them, but I thought it wasn’t worth it.