Appendix 11
11 Phonetic Alphabet, Morse Code and Procedure Words
and Procedure Words
The International Phonetic Alphabet
(and how to learn it with least pain.')
Letter Word Spoken as: Letter Word Spoken as:
A Alfa AL-fah B Bravo BRAH-voh
C Charlie SHAR-Iee D Delta DELL-tah
E Echo ECK-oh F Foxtrot FOKS-trot
G Golf GOLF H Hotel hoh-TELL
I India IN-dee-ah J Juliet JOO-Iee-ETT
K Kilo KEE-Ioh L Lima LEE-mah
M Mike MIKE N November no-VEM-bah
0 Oscar OSS-kah P Papa pa-PAH
Q Quebec key-BEK R Romeo ROW-me-oh
S Sierra see-ERR-ah T Tango TANG-go
U Uniform YO U -nee-form V Victor VIK-tor
W Whiskey WISS-key X X-Ray ECKS-ray
Y Yankee YANG-kee Z Zulu ZOO-loo
No. Spoken as International No. Spoken as International
1 Wun Una-wun 2 Too Bisso-too
3 Three Terra-tree 4 Fo-wer Karte-fower
(^5) Fye-eeve Panta-five 6 Six Soxee-six
7 Seven Sette-seven 8 Ate Okto-ate
9 Niner Novay-nine 0 Zero Nada-zero
If you are learning the above for the first time, or refreshing some
long-forgotten talent, here's a relatively painless way of getting the letters
and figures into your head. First - write each character on a piece of
card, with the phonetic sound on the reverse.
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I ALFA I
Then - learn three cards each day until you've got them all off
pat. Do this by learning A, B and C on the morning of Day 1, rehearsing
them during the afternoon/evening. On day 2, learn D, E and F in the
morning and rehearse A to F in the afternoon/evening. Day 3 is G, H
and I (a.m.) and A to I (pm/evening) - and so on until you've got the lot.
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